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Originally Posted by Ironic Mustache
We differ on the stance that 18 year olds are actually adults. 18 year olds in the vast majority are children who should still have decisions made for them. What if an 18 year old was elected president? Do you trust their decision making abilities to run the country? Do you even actually trust them to move out of their house and pay their bills on time without having to move back in with mom and dad at least one more time?
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We have to decide on an age of majority, and 18 is the norm across the civilized world, it works. The fact that they have their decisions made for them is really not an issue, it is an issue of responsibility; an 18 year old is responsible for his own actions, no matter how stupid he is, therefore he has the right to make them.
If an 18 year old has the ability to get himself elected President, he is probably the most capable politician in the history of the world.