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Listening to these old arguments are interesting, because it comes during a time where there wasn't mass disillusionment about American democracy, and the peopl
by madrox 4y ago
Listening to these old arguments are interesting, because it comes during a time where there wasn't mass disillusionment about American democracy, and the people arguing for no age restriction didn't take into account how disillusioned voters may behave. I'd assert that people are far more willing to "meme" vote today than they were at our founding, and the chances of the next Shirley Temple becoming president are uncomfortably high should there be no age restriction.
- celdon25 4y agoWhat? This was hardly the first time of such political hardship in the USA. Have you heard of Pigasus the Immortal? The founders were remarkably cognizant of how things could go wrong.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoIndeed they were. If one examines the debates and arguments, it's clear that they spent much time studying the failure modes of previous republics, and attempting to build in safeguards against those modes.