• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    If you need to wait 18 years to vote you shouldn’t be able to vote once you are 18 years from average life expectancy.

    Imagine how much focus would be put on healthcare if that were the case…

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      3 days ago

      A quick google says the US is 77 years, add 18 to that and you’re already way too high. 77 is geriatric, just like everyone complained about the last and current US presidents.

      Or… did you mean ‘from’ as in below? That work make more sense. Early 60s isn’t too old though.

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        3 days ago

        Yes, I meant 18 years after birth = 18 years before average age of death, so politicians would need to either reduce 18 to something lower or would have to work to increase life expectancy.