• @FordBeeblebrox
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    85 months ago

    21 across the board seems reasonable. Our base commanders in Europe usually turn a blind eye to underage joes drinking unless they become a problem, cause yeah if you’re asking someone to run towards bullets they for goddamn sure deserve a beer.

    We should be tying contraceptive and abortion access to federal highway funds the same way we do with the drinking age, all the anti choice folks would shut up real quick when the coffers start draining.

    • @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      I think you should be able to vote @ 18 or maybe even 16. Legislators could be deciding whether to send you to war, so you should have a say well before then.

      • @FordBeeblebrox
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        25 months ago

        16 is maybe too young but 18 I’d agree with, along with ranked choice and abolishing the electoral college. Military I’d say should be at least a couple years off, if you sign up at 18 you do college classes and Conservation Corps work for a bit. I walked in actually wanting to join the family business and still got constant hounding from recruiters as a 17 year old, we should not be sending them to high schools.

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          25 months ago

          Absolutely agreed. 21 sounds reasonable for the military, 18 is obscene.

          I was ready to vote at 16-ish. Maybe we can have an early voting class where you take a civics test or something to qualify, otherwise you can sign up at 18 with no test.