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McBain
@mcbain
Should parents get one extra vote per child? Just because the kids aren’t old enough to vote, their interests should still be accounted for right?
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qt
@qt
I don't want the Duggars to have 19x voting power. Questions re: adoption, blended families, divorce, etc Not an aligned incentive for society. In a way an extension of helicopter parenting. Troublesome especially for the child who grows into a teen with disagreements over the voting perspective of the parents.
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typeof.eth 🔵
@typeof.eth
Considering that many adults don't vote the same way as their parents, I don't think this makes sense. This would also be tough for kids who aren't voting age but have political opinions that differ from their parents. Imagine being disenfranchised but knowing you're giving more power to someone you disagree with.
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James
@jamesstevens
Absolutely not. Their interests are accounted for with their parents votes, who made a choice to bear the responsibility of raising a child.
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rish
@rish
no
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Rafi
@rafi
No. We shouldn’t systematically allow parents to mangle with childrens’ agency
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Mark Fishman
@mark
What about just lowering the age to 16?
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lucas
@elesel.eth
Yes, property owners, parents, people in full-time employment, should weigh 10x more than the votes of others. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy
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Ayush
@ayushm.eth
Parents representing kids' interests lol
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Leo
@lsn
Interesting. The main objections seem to be that children disagree with parents on politics (@typeof.eth) and that the incentives are bad for child bearing (@qt) One solution to this is: parents get 1 extra vote if they have children. The extra vote isn't tied to a specific child, and it solves the bad incentive
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zlikovac
@zlikovac
the idiocy 🤣
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Mrstego123
@mrstego123
No I don’t think so. You assume the children are an extension of their parents. They will likely have very different views. parents are biased. Kids need to learn to develop their own viewpoints and start that adventure at 18
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