Why Do Such Ancient People Run America?

Re:Why Do Such Ancient People Run America? by _marlowe_ on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:00PM (#22496138)

If you are 18-25, there is a HORRIBLE principal-agent problem here. Total misalignment of interests.

Owing to the fact that, on average, young people will have more years of exposure to a set of policies, they should have voting power to shape them. One person, one vote leads to this misalignment.

Democracy with an inter-generational focus should allocate votes based on duration of policy exposure. I.e. max(1, (Avg US Life Expectancy - age)) votes.

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Re:Why Do Such Ancient People Run America? by AnimalMuppet on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:56PM (#22496767)

I admit the principle-agent problem. But let's give those with the least experience and knowledge the most voting power? That seems like a very unwise solution.

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Re:Why Do Such Ancient People Run America? by _marlowe_ on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:11PM (#22496955)

Then raise the voting age to 25 or something. It's just an illustration.

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Re:Why Do Such Ancient People Run America? by jbob2000 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:04PM (#22496175)

You used to be able to count on your parents to have your best interests in mind. There seems to be a big generation gap between the pre and post internet generations, which is where I think some of this political turmoil is coming from.

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Re:Why Do Such Ancient People Run America? by downerending on Thursday March 05, 2020 @03:04PM (#22497550)

Parent here: You still can--it's my highest priority. That said, I'm more concerned about what you'd really want in the long term than what you think you want right now.

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