Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
Also, democracy is not about making the best decisions. Suffrage is not about IQ or political insight.

Democracy is about granting a voice to all, about granting rights and dignity to the convictions of all citizens, smart or dumb, rich or poor. Not because all people all have smart convictions, but because everybody has convictions that are their own.


Democracy is not about installing a sane, or even workable form of government,. It is about human rights, about dignity, about equality, about giving everybody a stake in society. The origin of democracy is not the laboratory of the political scientist devising the perfect state. The origins are the loftiest enlightenment, humanist ideals about freedom and the nature of man. Universal suffrage is the final product of the ideals of liberty, equality and (pick one) A) fraternity, or B) hedonistic pursuit of individual happiness.
Naaaaaahhh

What about justice, domestic tranquility, the common defense, general welfare, and the secure blessings of liberty?

Anyway, your all citizens...etc is already "all adult citizens...etc". And so it is with the age at 25 compared to 18. Your argument is more directed at having a qualification test that must be passed.

There is an upside to that. If you arrive at a believe at an early age, odds are good that at some point in your life you will change your mind, or at least become more nuanced in your convictions.
Are the odds good? Anyway, people at 18 will still have beliefs. They will just not have committed to them in the same way. They won't have the "well, I voted X last three elections..." in the back of their mind the whole time.