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[–] 6 points 3 months ago*

I don’t see it being particularly beneficial or making any difference. With a couple teenagers in my house the discussion has come up more than once about their peers’ behavior.

The saying the “apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is essentially true.

The kids that are racist assholes are racist assholes because their parents are racist assholes. So they’ll vote the same way. The vast majority don’t care or will vote how tiktok tells them - which is probably how plenty of adults do it - and the kids who come from families that actually give a shit about communities and education will probably vote liberal.

So there might be more voters, but IMO the percentages will remain the same.

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  • [+] -18 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Only those who pay tax should be allowed to vote, otherwise they've got no skin in the game and their decisions can affect those of us that do....

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Anybody who earns enough money pays tax, there is actually no age limit. If you have a part time job paying more than £12.5k a year you'll pay income tax. If you are paid more than £9k your employer has to start paying National Insurance.

    If your definition is people who pay cash tax then we need to stop most pensioners, disabled people, people on benefits, stay at home partners (mostly women), part time workers, carers, and probably others I've missed from voting too then?

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