It seems kind of unfair seeing anyone under 18 has no way to decide the future of their country. Which they have more stake on seeing whatever decision happen while they are under 18 will be there for the rest of their life.
It seems kind of unfair seeing anyone under 18 has no way to decide the future of their country. Which they have more stake on seeing whatever decision happen while they are under 18 will be there for the rest of their life.
I rarely upvote comments but I feel you hit on the key concept. What is expected of the individual. If they are expected to contribute to society like with the draft then yeah they should be able to vote. You know its kinda funny to because if you look at the drafts they started at 21 a lot of times which is the drinking age so I wonder if 21 was more standardized but we started dipping to 18 on a regular basis where it was like. yeah we gotta move this over. seems like they kinda should have moved the drinking age to.
The drinking age was 18 in some states. But then IIRC the federal government tied funding on the condition that it be raised to 21 again.
The US has had a weird relationship with alcohol. Exhibit A: the 18th and 21st amendments.