• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Yet 18 year olds pay taxes.

    Hell, even children pay sales tax.

    I know we aren’t talking about the US but no taxation without representation is a bar in a lot of societies

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      5 days ago

      Has never been a “bar”.

      Only a rallying call. And given it excludes many on benefits/unemployed etc. These are people with the most experienced of how society works when things fail. In this modern age. It is far from an inclusive call.

      That said. Age has always been more about experience and education. Today’s 16 yo is way more educated in world events. Then any 1800s adult. And more so then even in the 80s when I was 16.

      The internet leads to some negatives. But things are Def different now.