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German government wants to let 16-year-olds vote – DW – 06/05/2023 (www.dw.com)

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What do you think? Personally I'm all for it. I think it's important to have as many young people involved in politics to counteract the old majority.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My situation was the same as yours, but I think it would have been like that no matter what age. I'm not sure it's a good idea either, but fact is there are kids who're politically active and can't vote, and that seems a little silly. Democracy's whole thing is that it doesn't exclude.