Minors in the United States are barely considered humans. They are often considered property of their guardians and public schools have the ability to curtail so many basic rights on such flimsy grounds as behavior being “distracting”. There are a slew of Supreme Court cases challenging minor’s human rights and the minors usually lose. Minors are also one of the most consistently abused and neglected demographics. If minors had any sort of consciousness about themselves as a group, teenagers would be by far the most dangerous demographic to fuck with. The nature of age is that there are so many practical barriers to achieving that consciousness, but many of those barriers are absolute paper tigers, especially with the support of even a few adults.
I fully believe the voting age should be lowered to 13, and age to run for office down to 16 (or some sort of parallel system of “children’s councils” that have real political power). I would trust a random 16 year old in literally any political office over a random 70 year old.
Young people, including minors, should have more political power than other groups, not less, since they have to live with the consequences. If you’re 80 I hardly even think you should be allowed to vote, let alone run for office.
Don’t order food for the group when you’re about to leave the table.
And yet I couldn’t reasonably argue for raising the driving age either since you need to drive to do anything in this god forsaken country. For teenagers to have anywhere near the level of autonomy they should have they have to be able to drive.
To me cars represent the opposite of freedom. To even drive one you need to be old enough and not disabled. You need to afford to buy one and maintain it. If you use it to go somewhere you need to make sure you have a place to park. And you’re not free to do what you want when you get to your destination since you need to be sober to drive home.
True freedom is stumbling drunk onto the subway at 2am and getting home for $3.
Me, covered in blood and rope burns with a broken nose for the nth time. Police took me back to my dad every time and only helped when I turned 18, altho they still wouldn't arrest the dude
Only if we also codify wedgies for young Republicans. We need some kind of balance for suit-wearing 15 year old neocons that will inevitably get their campaigns funded millions of dollars from those 70year old war criminal billionaires.
Minors in the United States are barely considered humans. They are often considered property of their guardians and public schools have the ability to curtail so many basic rights on such flimsy grounds as behavior being “distracting”. There are a slew of Supreme Court cases challenging minor’s human rights and the minors usually lose. Minors are also one of the most consistently abused and neglected demographics. If minors had any sort of consciousness about themselves as a group, teenagers would be by far the most dangerous demographic to fuck with. The nature of age is that there are so many practical barriers to achieving that consciousness, but many of those barriers are absolute paper tigers, especially with the support of even a few adults.
I fully believe the voting age should be lowered to 13, and age to run for office down to 16 (or some sort of parallel system of “children’s councils” that have real political power). I would trust a random 16 year old in literally any political office over a random 70 year old.
Young people, including minors, should have more political power than other groups, not less, since they have to live with the consequences. If you’re 80 I hardly even think you should be allowed to vote, let alone run for office.
Don’t order food for the group when you’re about to leave the table.
yeah being a minor in the USA is brutal. They throw you on the roads and then dont let you drink for 5 more years lol
And yet I couldn’t reasonably argue for raising the driving age either since you need to drive to do anything in this god forsaken country. For teenagers to have anywhere near the level of autonomy they should have they have to be able to drive.
Yeah, I’ve absolutely hated the idea that cars represent freedom. You are required to have one. Freedom my ass
To me cars represent the opposite of freedom. To even drive one you need to be old enough and not disabled. You need to afford to buy one and maintain it. If you use it to go somewhere you need to make sure you have a place to park. And you’re not free to do what you want when you get to your destination since you need to be sober to drive home.
True freedom is stumbling drunk onto the subway at 2am and getting home for $3.
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Me, covered in blood and rope burns with a broken nose for the nth time. Police took me back to my dad every time and only helped when I turned 18, altho they still wouldn't arrest the dude
Only if we also codify wedgies for young Republicans. We need some kind of balance for suit-wearing 15 year old neocons that will inevitably get their campaigns funded millions of dollars from those 70year old war criminal billionaires.
Get on Tiktok and start radicalizing zoomers.