As voters in Zambia head to the polls facing crushing cost-of-living frustrations, American retirees in Baja are entirely consumed by whether the right-hand point break in Pescadero is waist-high or chest-high. Global democracy hangs in the balance, but local gringos are too busy waiting for their organic fish tacos to notice, or care about, macroeconomic collapse on another continent. After all, voting is exhausting, whereas morning surf checks paired with a lukewarm Pacifico require zero legislative oversight.