Exactly. But the federal government and the banks wanted that war in Vietnam so badly, and they needed as many young men involved as possible. So they lowered the voting age to 18. Personally, while I support compulsory national service where all citizens get military training, I’m against sending people to wars against their will. You should only be forced to fight in a war if your country is being invaded or attacked by another country, or if there is a civil war.

I especially find it stupid that in America, you can sign up to die or become permanently disabled at such a young age in a foreign country, but you’re not allowed to buy alcohol until you’re 21. In Ireland, both the drinking age and military age are 18 - well, you can enlist at 16 or 17, but you can’t be deployed until you turn 18.