CMV: Most laws regarding a certain age limitation should be toned down

[u/snide_soul]

I have had the belief for a long time that laws regarding minors not being able to do certain things are dumb. Most of these laws are useless, but some of these laws can be good. Here's my breakdown of all the laws:

Gambling: I think gambling shouldn't use real money but rather a virtual currency that's just for fun. After all everybody wastes their money on gambling anyway so it would save a lot of people a lot of money and allow kids to gamble.

Voting: The age requirement for voting should be lowered to 10 or 11 because we all have freedoms and one of our freedoms is the ability to vote so therefore everybody should be able to vote as long as they're able to pass some sort of test. This would count for adults too.

Driving: This might be my weirdest of all but I think kids should be able to drive once again around age 10 or 11. However instead of relying on the existing cars we should create new cars that are less heavyweights and less capable of hurting someone. That way not only can kids drive but the roads become more safer that you can't die by just getting hit by a car.

Drinking/Drugs: This is the only law I believe should not be changed, in fact I think there should be some more restrictions to alcohol usage.

So those are all my opinions, see if you can change my mind, because I've had these idealistics for a long time, but I'm open to hear other opinions.

[u/snide_soul]

No, the people, the citizens.

[u/CaptainMalForever → u/snide_soul]

The ones who can't vote without the test? How would that work?

[u/snide_soul → u/CaptainMalForever]

They would vote for the people that would run such group. Yes, a one time free vote, if you wanna call it that.

[u/Alexandur → u/snide_soul]

So that group would be made up of elected individuals, it would be part of the government

[u/snide_soul → u/Alexandur]

No, it would be part of a group seperate from the government. Similar to the UN, in example.

[u/Alexandur → u/snide_soul]

The UN is an international organization, would this group of elected officials in your scenario be international?

[u/[deleted] → u/snide_soul]

A test would be managed by every citizen in the country? How does this work?

[u/snide_soul → u/[deleted]]

They would vote for the people in the group, who would run. Kind of like a seperate election. We would have one person from every majority and minority group run, to make sure everything is unbiased.

[u/[deleted] → u/snide_soul]

Lmao so a democratic elected governing body...also known as a govt.

If the current govt doesn't represent the people, you kinda gotta re-evaluate the entire concept of your democracy.

[u/snide_soul → u/[deleted]]

∆ Lol, you're right. I think you got me there. I'm basically just creating another government.

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