| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 07:17 - Jul 12 with 621 views | Dr_Winston |
It's election rigging. Nothing more, nothing less. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 08:44 - Jul 12 with 580 views | AnotherJohn |
My fear is that too many 16 year olds would share the average Labour backbencher's belief in the magic money tree. |  | | |
| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 08:53 - Jul 12 with 570 views | onehunglow |
It's cynical
When young , you rail against the rich , establishment, capitalism
Then you grow up
This generation kids are the shallowest , most naive for generations
They think they know it all but if it's nothing social media or their phone, it doesn't happen | |
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| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 09:09 - Jul 12 with 551 views | union_jack |
| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 08:53 - Jul 12 by onehunglow |
It's cynical
When young , you rail against the rich , establishment, capitalism
Then you grow up
This generation kids are the shallowest , most naive for generations
They think they know it all but if it's nothing social media or their phone, it doesn't happen |
Between this and the Doc’s post, its end of thread.
A most cynical way to capture idealistic voters who, in the main have absolutely no idea what they are voting for and could live to regret it for the rest of their lives.
There has to be a cut off of course but 18 is about right. Even then, the knowledge of local or world politics is lacking generally. [Post edited 12 Jul 9:09]
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| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 09:10 - Jul 12 with 539 views | Boundy |
All I can add is no sh*te Einstein (not directed at the OP) ,said it as others have in the past nothing but a cynical ploy to garner more votes from gullible impressionable kids and before anyone posts that kids can join the military at 16 ,yes they can but they're not given a weapon until its proven they're competent to do so. | |
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| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 09:23 - Jul 12 with 521 views | max936 |
Can't get some 16yr olds out of bed of a morning nevermind have the wherewithal to vote, from what I've seen of more than a few. [Post edited 12 Jul 9:24]
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| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 09:59 - Jul 12 with 485 views | Dr_Winston |
| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 09:09 - Jul 12 by union_jack |
Between this and the Doc’s post, its end of thread.
A most cynical way to capture idealistic voters who, in the main have absolutely no idea what they are voting for and could live to regret it for the rest of their lives.
There has to be a cut off of course but 18 is about right. Even then, the knowledge of local or world politics is lacking generally. [Post edited 12 Jul 9:09]
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These days I'd even say that 18 might be a bit young. In 1969 when it was dropped your average 18 year old had been working for two years. Now most are still in education of some sort.
I'd increase it back to 21. I'd also bring in something similar to a driving licence for voters. You'd have to pass a test, perhaps online, that demonstrates an understanding of basic civics and how things work. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 12:38 - Jul 12 with 419 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
One argument is that 16-17 year olds are more aspirational and optimistic about things.
They are also less influenced by fake narratives and media influencers in the main stream media
Gaza is a test for Western democracy and it is failing miserably.. We seniors look on as a genocide goes ahead for reasons of prejudice. |  |
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| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 14:19 - Jul 12 with 382 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
If a 16 year old is considered mature and thoughtful enough to vote then they should also be considered to be mature enough to drink and smoke and gamble. |  |
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| The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote. on 15:40 - Jul 12 with 324 views | ncswan |
In the US it's 18, which was reduced from 21 by the 26th Amendment in 1971. "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote" was the rallying cry due to the Vietnam War and US Gov't drafting 18 yr olds to fight without having the right to vote at the time.
There's been talk of introducing legislation to have it reduced to 16 but it won't pass on a federal level but could by individual states on a local/state level. | | | |
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