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> My instinct is to think that 16 year olds generally don't have the maturity to make these kinds of decisions. Well _my_ instinct is to think that anyone who
by drewcoo 1y ago
> My instinct is to think that 16 year olds generally don't have the maturity to make these kinds of decisions.
Well _my_ instinct is to think that anyone who disagrees with me is equally unable to decide, grampa.
- CamperBob2 1y agoYou don't need "instinct." We have peer-reviewed, highly-reproducible scientific studies on brain development.
- michael1999 1y agoWe also have similar for age-related decline. My dad is facing vascular dementia at 90. If the senile and the crazy can vote, why not 16-year-olds?
- CamperBob2 1y ago"There's already a forest fire across the road, so nobody will care if I toss a cigarette out on this side" is the sort of idea I might have embraced myself... at 16.
- general1726 1y agoLet's be real. Limiting voting from certain age would spark even bigger outrage.
- michael1999 1y agoIt is too hard to take the vote away from this entrenched voting block despite their decaying mental state. So we're going to make sure we only disenfranchise another group that has less power.