Teenagers are quite literally disenfranchised.
Comment on Independent MP to push for lowering of Australian voting age
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 day agoI disagree. Many older people are more conservative. However, they have a right to their views. We shouldn’t disenfranchise anyone.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
Yes, but not legally considered adults until later. This proposal is to change that.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 day ago
The argument isn’t that they shouldn’t vote because they’re conservative. It’s that they shouldn’t vote because they literally won’t experience the long term consequences of their decisions.
My personal preference is to allow 16 year olds to vote without creating a maximum voting age, but if in some weird world the only way to allow 16 year olds to vote was to ban those over 80 from voting, I would support that in a heartbeat.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
How old do you think the cut off should be? What do you think the typical life expectancy is at that age? What is the typical term of government?
Tajing your example of age 80, in the USA, that would give a life expectancy of 9 years for women and 7 years for men. That’s 2 elections minimum.
Of particular note for them to vote on - health care, pensions, right to end life, hospice care, inheritance, general issues that affect their family,.