The only decent argument for not letting kids vote is that their brains are simply not fully enough developed to handle the crushing disappointment
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At what age?
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Let's say 10
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Over here they can choose to vote at 16. At 18 it's mandatory. But then we consider our democracy to be a pretty funny joke.
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this is the same argument used to deny women the franchise, FWIW
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You mean other than their lack of legal agency?
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That's just rephrasing my question
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I was a gullible idiot when I was a kid and would have voted for dinguses like Pat Buchanan and Alan Keyes, so…in my case at least, yes?
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protection against allowing an under-informed, immature mass of people from being cynically mobilized and used to elect some sort of incompetent populist manipulator, I think, right?
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