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16 I kind of understand, but do you know any 10-year-olds? I'm not sure we can trust their judgment.
by redblacktree 8y ago
16 I kind of understand, but do you know any 10-year-olds? I'm not sure we can trust their judgment.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoCan we trust the judgement of everyone else then? Voting should maybe expire at some point, like driving licences. The head of politics at Cambridge University, who you might think would know better, made a more extreme suggestion: Voting for 6 year olds. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/06/give-six-year-olds-the-vote-says-cambridge-university-academic https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/06/give-six-ye...
- nbanks 8y agoWhen I was 10, I kept track of politics, and my political views haven't changed much since then. I certainly had better judgement at 10 than my grandfather the last time he voted a after living with Alzheimer's for a decade. The learning from voting would be worth a little noise around election results where parents or peers convince kids to vote the way they prefer.