Unfortunately that last paragraph describes much of the eligible voting population in the US as well
Comment on How did we reach to having 18 required for voting in elections?
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 week ago
A hundred years ago an argument could have been made for 16-year-olds being allowed to vote. The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 following the First World War.
Today? Not a chance. High school kids can’t be bothered to read two paragraphs for school, if they can read beyond a forth-grade level, that is. They get all of their information from social media, and are easily influenced by it.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 week ago
"Fourth-grade level
Haha (sorry, that was too easy)
Yea, it requires an educated populace - even at 18 I had no fucking clue who to vote for, and I knew it at the time.