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Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Nah this is just ageism. Now, I do think there might be a conversation to be had about once medical power of attorney goes into effect if the individual should no longer be permitted to vote, but there’s no set age where everybody lacks the mental faculties to vote.

I’ve had relatives knocking on deaths door by age 60, and I have a 100 year old relative who drives the Amish around as his retirement gig

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binux@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
If it’s ageism then there shouldn’t be any minimum age for voting either, no? By your logic, since there’s no set age for lacking the mental cognition to vote, under-18s should be allowed to as well.

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Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Should it not go for the reverse as well? Some 14 year olds are smarter than a lot of 30 year olds, but I don’t ever see anyone advocating for them to get voting rights.

I see both sides. There is no good way to cognitively test either, as that could be abused as well. Age limits would help, for both voting, as well as term limits for the politicians.

That said, I believe there is far far far more wrong with the country which if fixed wouldn’t even need any of the above to be significantly better.

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