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by TremendousJudge 2721 days ago
Or maybe children should vote, since they have all the future ahead of them. If there's a reason why education is ignored so much by governments it's because children don't vote
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"as president, I will give free lollipops to every boy and girl who votes for me"
And with that, ladies and gentlemen, we've gone from "big tent" to "white van" politics.
I know, I was being facetious.

However, the bit on education I still believe it to be true

Head of politics at Cambridge suggests 6 year olds should be given the right: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/06/give-six-ye...

"Hey, why is it that socialist ideas are so unpopular with adults who have life experience?"