Post #2042059

2026-05-05 13:18 UTC

"isn't this just asking if people are rich and/or in a big country" People replied the same thing on the poll asking whether they'd personally sat on a cow :-) As with the cows there's much more to it. There's lots of European countries with subsidised trips for schools to visit the legislature. And other, small countries, without that. Also: Seriously. I'm not asking if you own a moon. The fast majority of us have the financial means to visit another city at least once in our life..

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@Pepijn@mastodon.online 2026-05-05 19:00

Reply to my own poll: 7 (assuming the Welsh Senedd* counts). Fond memory: in 2005 I tagged along with senior-staff members of the NGO I was with, to visit someone in the Greek parliament. As we arrived there was a festive mood. We got cake. I still don't know if it was the birthday of the Greek state or some guy. *I first visited a month before opening to help test audio systems in the main meeting space. Visited again on the day it opened. Very grateful for that, it's a beautiful symbol :-)

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@helle@tacobelllabs.net 2026-05-05 13:29

@Pepijn I mean for Russia, the USA or Canada to visit the /national/ one may be a bit of a push. But if you allow for state/provincial/regional parliaments and such, it becomes a lot more common even there. — Violet

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