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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I think we should leave it at 18, in part because yes, that's the age of majority for most things (if we're saying "adults can vote", we should keep "adulthood" fairly consistent), and because I think it's developmentally appropriate. The body is mostly done developing (they've been sexually mature for a while and won't be getting much taller), and the brain is developed enough to understand long-term consequences, perhaps not as much as a 25+ year old would, but 18 year olds are generally able to hold a steady job and support themselves financially without crashing and burning because they can budget their time and money decently. Their critical thinking skills are sufficient imo.

Yeah... I think the vast, vast majority of 13 year olds are stupider than me. And they've only seen one presidency where they were even close to being able to pay attention. They sort of saw someone being president from when they were approximately 9yrs old to now 13yrs. They're just lacking so much life experience, knowledge, basic brain development, etc. 13 year olds are learning geometry and freshman-level U.S. history.

There's a better argument for 16, but I still think it's best to set the age around when most of them have graduated high school or will be doing so that year.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

There's no need to discriminate based on age. If someone is too immature, they won't be able to maintain a stable source of income or live on their own. If they can, they are obviously way ahead of others at their age. If what you say is true, then why do we need a law to make it so?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

So you think anyone of any age should be able to vote? You want politicians catering to the 5-8 demographic?

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

How many 5-8 year olds pay taxes?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The farm workers.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Never heard of it

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No age restriction on them. And even 13 year olds can get retail and fast food jobs