It sort of strikes me as a bit odd that we have an age limit on voting. And by "odd", I mean pretty damn irritating. The school system puts so much emphasis on thinking for yourself* and forming your own political opinion. So why don't we let teenagers vote? Hell, why don't we let EVERYONE vote? I mean, kids don't give a crap enough, so they won't really bother to show up, but if someone in middle school of high school wants to be able to express their opinion, they damn well should be able to.
That's what really bugs me though. If everyone in this country is supposed to have equal rights, why is an eighteen year old allowed to vote, but a seventeen year old isn't? We're already stretching the "democracy" thing pretty far with the electoral college.** We don't need to make it even less believable.
It's not like this is like driving or anything. What exactly would happen if we gave younger people the right to vote? Isn't the vote supposed to represent the ENTIRE population, not most of it? Seems like it should. Of course, a bill proposing this could never pass, because we wouldn't be allowed to vote on it.
*Except for the fact that they, you know, don't actually let us think for ourselves, which I find fascinating.
**And my GOD do I hate the electoral college, but that probably warrants its own post.
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