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how is that related to my point ?
by on_and_off 7y ago
how is that related to my point ?
- yyyk 7y agoThere's a recent argument that younger people have the better right to a vote and are more in touch with the world. I was wondering whether that newfound appreciation for younger voters extends also to cases where they vote in way that is probably not supported by whomever makes that argument - I hear a lot of that from British 'Remain' people, but had French young voters got their way, it would not have mattered however the British voted: there wouldn't have been much of an EU to remain in. To reply directly to your point: people with more to lose don't get more voting rights than people with with less to lose. Had that been the case, the biggest difference would not be age-based - it would be giving wealthy people the vote while denying it to the poor. I thought that argument was settled. Also, voters are not individualistic atoms, but have people they care about. It can be argued younger people face less consequences because they have less people to protect.
- on_and_off 7y agoLooks like you are really intended on strawanning me. The point isn't about wealth distribution or whether I like that people vote for Le Pen.