What should the voting age be?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I'm not very convinced about the physical deterioration...I think that's more of a description of how it is than a biological thing. People will be less likely to be peak performers but that doesn't seem to be required. And there are a bunch of issues with the draft in the first place. Besides, if I'm 17 and can't vote for president, and then I turn 18 and the president who I couldn't vote for institutes the draft...??? How about the fact that the vast majority of the people voting aren't eligible for the draft? When in our future will we need one? Couldn't we readjust the age if something like that occurred? Would it make a difference in the vote?


re: influence of young people, that is really only part of my concern. Mainly I dislike the idea of having people commit to a personal identity and set of moral beliefs when they are in high school. That's just a powerful bias we're instilling, and it's the worst kind too, because people who haven't arrived at their beliefs through thinking about it have much less respect for people who disagree.