• FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    16 is maybe too young but 18 I’d agree with, along with ranked choice and abolishing the electoral college. Military I’d say should be at least a couple years off, if you sign up at 18 you do college classes and Conservation Corps work for a bit. I walked in actually wanting to join the family business and still got constant hounding from recruiters as a 17 year old, we should not be sending them to high schools.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      Absolutely agreed. 21 sounds reasonable for the military, 18 is obscene.

      I was ready to vote at 16-ish. Maybe we can have an early voting class where you take a civics test or something to qualify, otherwise you can sign up at 18 with no test.