• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      From pocket money and birthday money, obviously. A lot of kids also get lunch money, and some 15 year olds even work at McDonald’s

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        3 months ago

        Buddy, you said ALL of its people. You realize there are pre-k kids with opinions that can write and fill in circles or press buttons? You want them voting?

        Just trying to figure out what your end game here is. There’s something called experience and even brains are still developing into their 20s.

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            3 months ago

            But they can’t vote and up to a certain point kids don’t really differentiate from parents so you are effectively giving adults more votes for popping out kids.

            If you were stranded on an island with 28 5-6 year olds, an adult teacher, and yourself would you run it like a democracy and let the kids vote?

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              3 months ago

              If I were on a deserted island I’d run it anarchically. I wouldn’t erect a state, democratic or not. But if we must have states, then we must also have democracy.

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                3 months ago

                So you would let the 5 year olds die because you wouldn’t just tell them what to do knowing they were 5

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                    3 months ago

                    I feel like you are dodging the concept that children beyond a certain age are capable of limited self determination that scales up as they become more capable.