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originally posted by: TarzanBeta
I have to say, I definitely get how xstealth feels. I agree with the posters who mentioned how their parents are largely to blame also. I also am glad for Metallicus that his daughter is reasonable. That's probably because he is a good dad, though. What I find most intriguing though is that the majority of the responses you received here, xstealth, are simply childish. .. even those that had a valid point to be made. Interesting. But you're right, the college demographic is a problem in political reality.
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
a reply to: Krazysh0t
If people are so keen to blame an entire generation for the problems of today, wouldn't that apply more to the older generations since they're the ones who created and enabled those problems in the first place? Millennials have no geo-political power, control a miniscule portion of the economy, and have virtually no say in any government policies. We don't run the education system, the judicial system, or anything else in society. Many of us literally weren't even born during the Cold War. Yet somehow we're the ones to blame for society's screw ups?
originally posted by: xstealth
In the old days people used to have jobs and families at 18, now the younger generation still lives with their parents over a quarter of their lives. We have 25 year old, "college students", who've never worked a real job in their lives who think they know something about life. At 18 you were a man, now you're a college student.
They live with their parents, never worked, never been in the real world, yet they are at the helm of political protests and voting efforts. They simply are not qualified to vote.
I think raising the voting age is an appropriate response to an increasing lazy and non-driven generation.
Raise the voting ages to 25 years old, but still 18 years old for military and people who work for a living to the point they actually pay taxes, not get all of it returned every year because they don't meet the income requirements.
originally posted by: xstealth
In the old days people used to have jobs and families at 18, now the younger generation still lives with their parents over a quarter of their lives. We have 25 year old, "college students", who've never worked a real job in their lives who think they know something about life. At 18 you were a man, now you're a college student.
They live with their parents, never worked, never been in the real world, yet they are at the helm of political protests and voting efforts. They simply are not qualified to vote.
I think raising the voting age is an appropriate response to an increasing lazy and non-driven generation.
Raise the voting ages to 25 years old, but still 18 years old for military and people who work for a living to the point they actually pay taxes, not get all of it returned every year because they don't meet the income requirements.
originally posted by: eNumbra
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
a reply to: Krazysh0t
If people are so keen to blame an entire generation for the problems of today, wouldn't that apply more to the older generations since they're the ones who created and enabled those problems in the first place? Millennials have no geo-political power, control a miniscule portion of the economy, and have virtually no say in any government policies. We don't run the education system, the judicial system, or anything else in society. Many of us literally weren't even born during the Cold War. Yet somehow we're the ones to blame for society's screw ups?
Hey now, you stop being so damn reasonable and well-thought out with your opinions; there's no place for that in a good ol' fashioned "damned-youth-back-in-my-day-we-what-knew..." circle jerk.
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
originally posted by: yeahsurexxx
Thing is. Ppl should get a iq test to ba able to vote.
Above average can vote.
(Glances at the spelling in your post.) Hmmm, are you sure you want to make this argument?
originally posted by: yeahsurexxx
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
originally posted by: yeahsurexxx
Thing is. Ppl should get a iq test to ba able to vote.
Above average can vote.
(Glances at the spelling in your post.) Hmmm, are you sure you want to make this argument?
yeah, since im not born in the US nor UK i think i get a pass since i wrote this in my third language.
More?
In the good old days anyone who wanted to work could find a decent job with good pay and didn't need a degree to do so. In the good old days the cost of living compared to wages earned was much different than it is now. Nowadays you have people working 2 jobs and to be able to afford rent ultilities and groceries for one month.
I'll state this right now. You old farts had it damned easy in the good old days.
A large majority of the adult loser "college students" are socialist and communist.