Interesting how many of the same arguments today are used to deny the vote to citizens under age 18.https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1193598673642381314 …
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PS given the diversity of IQ, mental health, education, & information among adults, I'd love to hear a _principled_ argument for a minimum voting age. Why should a smart, well-informed 16-year-old not be able to vote when every delusional middle-aged Twitter troll can?
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Game theory. Picking a bright-line cutoff age is a much stabler Schelling point than trying to negotiate what the exact qualifications should be. Not the best choice on the merits, but easier to coordinate on.https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/edEXi4SpkXfvaX42j/schelling-categories-and-simple-membership-tests …
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That's a pragmatic argument, not an ethically principled argument.
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That's a practical argument, not a principled argument.
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Why have you chosen 16 as a limit?
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It's just an example bro. Not a suggested limit
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For the same reasons they can't (and shouldn't be able to) consent to nor do a lot of other things... And vast majority of them have no 'skin in the game' in terms of paying taxes, owning property, having dependents, etc.
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Two years federal service for suffrage. Doesn’t have to be military. That’s real skin in the game. Carl Benjamin (Sargon) lays it all out pretty well here. Deeper and more thoughtful than you might thinkhttps://youtu.be/kVpYvV0O7uI
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