18+ ofc

The funny thing is I'm straight-edge af

And yeah, definitely gotta be a legal adult but otherwise it's all fair game

unpopular opinion: if you wanna get rid of socialists, just fix capitalism

Also potentially unpopular opinion: maximum voting age

theres a reason why people enter far left cults in the first place

maximum voting... ehhh not sure

(btw the minimum voting age 30 thing was a joke)

There comes a point where the mind is just not as sharp as it used to be and your ability to understand the world and keep up with the insanely fast-paced changing ways of life we live in now is sorely diminished. I believe that this can and does affect how one perceives political candidates and the platforms they support. Perhaps, instead of a strict age cap on voting, strict comprehension tests should be implemented to show that the voter (regardless of age) fully understands who and what they're voting for.

I also firmly believe in mandatory voting. Make it a national holiday or something. Also make sure that there are essentially 'abstain/no vote' options for each thing being voted on.

No because we would all be kicked out and all the colleges professors would be in charge haha trust me i have this conversation in one of my government classes

...huh?

Comprehensive tests to vote would be like getting citizenship

That really doesn't make any sense to me

The only people that really know about the constitution, the bill of rights, DOC, and etc and be able to pass the test would be people who have studied history and government

...I was talking more about something like "Candidate A favors what policy?" followed by a list of various policies, one of which is the correct answer.

Is rep streaming tonight ? I got paid and I wanna sub to this man.

Yes but think about it you know what your answer will be probably isn’t the answer you were looking for 😅

I mean, it'd be stuff that'd be easily accessible. Like, info pulled straight from a campaign website

And it's not like the test would be secret either, or even particularly lengthy

I mean that could work you have an amazing idea! You’ll just have to develop it more and work the bugs out

It is a pretty rough concept, but I can't think of anything else that would help deal with this national crisis of voter apathy.

Like i said you have an amazing idea think through it more and come up with everything!

Voting def should be at 18 but i think that by law the majority of politicians should be young. I dont want an old man fuck up.my future

So i had this crazy idea pop up in my mind, now it might be because of not getting any sleep in three days, but what if i went into Onion boy’s discord and just see what his cult.... i mean fan base is up to? Haha probably a stupid idea 😅

You'd probably lose what precious few functioning brain cells you have left 😂

Also... mandatory voting would be great. Croatia will have ones in the future and you have to pay a fine if you dont vote

But imo there should be an option on the voting list to choose neutral.

Exactly

I have family friends who live in the capital

Of Croatia

Oh im in the capital rn

The problem with mandatory voting is that then uneducated people that know nothing about the candidates just vote for anyone

True.. but i really dislike when people say that they didnt vote on purpoae

Purpose

Like I said, you'd have a brief test to make sure you understand the issues and candidates being voted on

Who or what you actually vote for is irrelevant, so long as you can show comprehension

Yeah, idk how to get more people interested in voting. It's weird that people take it for granted that they live in a place where you even have the ability to vote, since a lot of people in the world don't get that option.

Make it mandatory, and make it a national holiday

Or hell, make it a whole week if you have to

Yes a week! I couldnt vote for europarlamwnt because i was not home