We can choose Liberia's flag, for its unmeddlesome bureaucracy, or London's insurance, for its trustworthy courts. As managers, workers, and consumers, we buy government in much the same way we buy shoes. But when shopping in one government's mall gets too expensive or inconvenient, we shop in another's. So the old political carnival, filled as it was with freaks and geeks, is over. The old game of big promises on election day, soon forgotten in the enjoyment of power, is over.
Citizens now vote continually, with London, Bonn, and Tokyo on the ballot, too.