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Paradox: Africans want youth empowerment. But won't support lowering voting age to reflect demographicspic.twitter.com/SGK8u3eKKi
@calestous prof is the issue the lowering of the voter age, or the need to have younger candidates for political leadership #demographics
.@BBCLerato Youth is like fish. It doesn't keep. But unlike fish, it can't be preserved in a deep freezer and used later.
.@BBCLerato Democracy is meaningless if it can't adjust to demographic shifts. Young people can join guerrilla groups but can't vote
@calestous @BBCLerato this is very true and also note politicians are fond of misusing the youths
@BwireMahaga Politicians misuse people of all ages. Your argue would do away with voting all together @BBCLerato
@calestous young people feel particularly hard done. Aggressively courted at election time, but few jobs, schools & limited freedoms
@BBCLerato Their voices are muzzled of course easily because they are not part of the system. Let them have the vote
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