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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 23:39:12 JST clacke

   Holy voter suppression, Batman!

   This is straight out of fascist-satire film Starship Troopers.

   "Ramaswamy proposes raising voting age to 25, unless people serve in military or pass a test"

   apnews.com/article/vivek-ramas…

   /via techhub.social/@jdaniele/11091…

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     ghostdancer (ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 02:16:30 JST ghostdancer

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     @clacke Not mature enough for voting but mature enough to buy an AR15. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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     …might work for coffee… (mwfc@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 02:16:33 JST …might work for coffee…

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     • M. Grégoire
     • RocheLimit

     @mpjgregoire
     They would probably vote for their lobbygroups and have a voice. Voting with assistance is a normal thing in most countries, so I do not this.

     IMHO it is a very slippery slope to tie voting to mental health. (especially since a nearly to neglect margin is to be expected to be excluded from voting)

     covid deniers, climate science deniers and other science deniers are not rational either. So where to stop to exclude people?

     @rochelimit @clacke

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     M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 02:16:34 JST M. Grégoire

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     • RocheLimit

     @rochelimit
     That could be a good idea. People with a certain level of mental decline shouldn't be voting, just as they shouldn't be driving. In my country we have legal measures to protect the public against the latter, but not the former.

     @clacke

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     RocheLimit (rochelimit@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 02:16:35 JST RocheLimit

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     • M. Grégoire

     @mpjgregoire
     Should there also be a test for retired people, too?
     @clacke

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     M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 02:16:36 JST M. Grégoire

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     @clacke What should the voting age be? What about the age for a driver's licence, or the age of majority? Why?