I think he meant it as hyperbole or argumentum ad absurdum, but Hans-Hermann Hoppe warned about extending the ability to vote to children in his book Democracy – The God That Failed:
Imagine a world government, democratically elected according to the principle of one-man-one-vote on a worldwide scale. What would the probable outcome of an election be? Most likely, we would get a Chinese-Indian coalition government. And what would this government most likely decide to do in order to satisfy its supporters and be reelected? The government would probably find that the so-called Western world had far too much wealth and the rest of the world, in particular China and India, far too little, and a systematic wealth and income redistribution would be necessary. Or imagine that in your own country the right to vote were expanded to seven year olds. While the government would not likely be staffed of children, its policies would most definitely reflect the “legitimate concerns” of children to have “adequate” and “equal” access to “free” french fries, lemonade, and videos.
Well, after the Parkland school shooting, we have people suggesting that it’s a good idea to have younger teenagers vote. It’s all because there are a number of them protesting in favor of stricter gun control and there are also adults in the media sticking microphones in the faces of these kids. This is all fresh off a serious tragedy when emotions for everyone are high.
This is all cheap, despicable posturing, so Slappy and I let everyone know how we feel.
Links
Parkland students show why 16-year-olds should be able to vote – CNN.com
Let Teenagers Vote – Bloomberg.com
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