fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoVoting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general electionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down14
arrow-up1446arrow-down1external-linkVoting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general electionwww.theguardian.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square113linkfedilink
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·29 days agoit’s not necessarily a bad thing for parents to have more voting power than non-parents through this means. Parents would generally be voting with their children’s best interests in mind.
minus-squaretroglodykelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·28 days agoYes it is, it’s essentially giving people with children extra votes to use.
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agowell, you just said the thing I said in reverse. I said, it’s not necessarily a bad thing; and you said: yes it is.
it’s not necessarily a bad thing for parents to have more voting power than non-parents through this means. Parents would generally be voting with their children’s best interests in mind.
Yes it is, it’s essentially giving people with children extra votes to use.
well, you just said the thing I said in reverse. I said, it’s not necessarily a bad thing; and you said: yes it is.