• Secret Music
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    1002 months ago

    And voting for people that will make everyone’s life hell and ensure that no one else will ever get to experience the quality of life that they did.

    • Lucien [he/him]
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      361 month ago

      Not to sound ageist, but I firmly believe voting privileges should be revoked when you retire.

      • ByteMe
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        111 month ago

        I’m not sure about voting but probably about being elected

      • @i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        101 month ago

        I would think that removing the barriers to voting that affect younger voters is the better option, along with getting rid of the electoral college and allowing felons to vote. Taking away voting rights for certain classes of citizens is a slippery slope, especially when the root problem is some votes count more than others and many potential votes never make it to the polls.

        • Miles O'Brien
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          91 month ago

          I don’t trust anyone with one foot in the grave to make long term decisions that benefit young people more than themselves any more than I trust a small child to make sound logical laws about bedtime.

          • @letsgo@lemm.ee
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            21 month ago

            Well we all vote in our own best interests, as I’m sure you do too. The art of good governance is to provide an environment in which everyone can thrive.

            The problem here is not old people who don’t vote in your best interest, it’s the government that aren’t ensuring everyone is catered for.

      • @Num10ck@lemmy.world
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        31 month ago

        they way leaders emerge from certain personalities, and get so corrupted, i think we’d be better off with random selection.

    • @frunch@lemmy.world
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      101 month ago

      They didn’t just pull up the ladder behind them, they have a ladder propulsion system that will launch it into space