Today's #dailysignal needs a shout out to Tracey Follows who called my attention to this over on Twitter (if you want to get good at spotting signals, follow and connect with the right, "random" people watching the edges of all the various fringes ravelling and unravelling - my global loose tie network is the best, and you can find many of them on my Twitter following list if you want to follow along) ; "this" being the growing calls to lower (or remove altogether) voting age restrictions...
It may seem radical (and those of us who are parents, who know kids up close and personal may even see the wisdom in raising voting ages until kids' brains are fully developed, around age 23 if you were wondering); but when you consider increasing lifespans and - more cringe-worthily - the increasing average ages of global political leaders, it makes sense that those who have to live the longest with the consequences of the choices of their geriatric leaders, might want a say in their own futures.
Intergenerational conflict, as a core trend, is not going anywhere, this is just another symptom.
What are you thoughts?
Are voting age restrictions going to one day be seen as being as regressive and unjustifiable as voting restrictions based on gender or race?
Do older generations have too much power?
Can young people make responsible choices for themselves and society or is the age of consent and majority there for a reason?
Read more:
Follow Tracey Follows (I mean it's right there in her name): https://twitter.com/traceyfutures
Give kids the right to vote? https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/should-children-have-the-right-to-vote/
This has been going on a while (apparently 6 is a sensible age?) : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/13/cambridge-academic-defends-idea-of-giving-children-the-vote
Not convinced? Come meet the future for yourself... http://www.fluxtrends.com/innovation/page1.html
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