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Originally Posted by Supple Cow
I wasn't trying to say anything about the number of legal adults who are or are not influenced by things; I was only trying to say that I don't think it's worth the effort to give suffrage to a group of people who are almost certainly under the influence of a small, specific group of people (parents/guardians). Also, don't get me started on the science/health industry and the foolish trust most people have in "experts" unless you want to start another thread on that in General Discussion. But one person can't do all the research on everything - ultimately, you have to trust the information from somebody enough to let it influence your decisions. That still doesn't mean that we should include a large group of voters who will almost certainly just be amplifying the political influence of the closest adults in their lives.
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That's true. This argument proves that either you have full voting (all ages, no exceptions) or we have specific voting (being qualified in some way to vote). The fact that we now live between those two is absurd.