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I bet you never liked them before seeing that.
I faced a hysterical barrage of abuse from some of ccmb's resident elderly folk for taking this position about a year ago. In fact just a couple of days ago one of them accused me of wanting to 'kill all of the people who vote differently to me'
Do me a favour, all the 16 year olds are worried about is if they can get roaming on their phones when they go abroad. Ask most of them to name the main politicians or what party is in power and they wouldn't have a clue. They could probably tell you whats going on in the soaps and big brother. Why not give the votes to 10 year olds as well, it's their future too FFS
Wishing young people (and for me it's 17 rather than 16 at this time) were more engaged in politics does not have to mean that older people should lose the vote. Surely the ideal would be governments having to address concerns of all ages rather that an older but nevertheless few* that determine each election.
*even better if those older few weren't an Australian famed for destructive and crude campaigning and an Australian-American media giant who is famed for playing to the lowest common denominator with judgement and little fact.
I'd allow 16 year olds to vote for a couple of reasons
1.The ones who do vote are likely to be interested in politics
2.Younger voters i.e 16-30 year olds are generally more informed than other demographics as they use the internet for informaiton and get information from a variety of sources
3.This affects them hugely
4.If they're old enough to work, they should be allowed to vote
The internet can open your mind but it can also funnel your views and (via social media) create an awful perception that almost everyone thinks the same as you.
I sometimes think that the only people that should be allowed to vote are those who for one reason or another aren't working full-time, as they are the only ones with the time to decipher the mountains of misinformation. If we had students, unemployed, young mothers, the wealthy and/or tired middle aged, the retired we may have a far more representative electorate than we have had recently.
And I voted to remain as well.
If it wasn't you, someone said they thought everyone over the age of 75 should be euthanised. Im sure I apologised in that post if I was confusing you with someone else as well.
Stop acting like a hysterical housewife, you oestrogen filled lady man.
It's a pity that the older generations have ****ed us young people again. Our world is different to your's, we find it hard to get opportunities such as housing, jobs, education
Little England keeps ****ing us over...