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You and I perceive this whole thing pretty much identically. Frankly, I think it’s why the “revolutionaries” are always the young people. They are easily manipulated and operate mostly on emotion - until age 25, where at least most of them grow up.

This is why the Democrats want to reduce the voting age to 16. 18 just wasn’t enough. This would be a very different country if the voting age was 25.

“You and I perceive this whole thing pretty much identically. Frankly, I think it’s why the “revolutionaries” are always the young people. They are easily manipulated and operate mostly on emotion - until age 25, where at least most of them grow up.”

Yup. I actually think that we should raise the voting age to 25, which is when the brain if pretty much finished developing. It is also more closely related to age 21 from years ago, in the sense that this is when most people are finally ready to stand on their own 2 feet and have a sense of responsibility. Even my 18 y.o. daughter agrees - she doesn’t want the idiots in her HS voting, even if it means her losing her vote for a time.

The lack of a fully developed mind isn’t just limited to older revolutionaries using young people as “useful idiots,” it is also great for training armies. You come to me at age 58 and say, “charge and eliminate that machine gun nest” and I’m likely to tell you where to shove that order because it makes no sense.