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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] 4 points 1 year ago

Neat! IIRC the Zapatistas do it as young as twelve, and tbh I've never been convinced by the arguments against letting basically anyone who can understand the concept vote.