Would giving 16-year-olds the vote improve democracy or just change the way campaigns are run?

OLD ENOUGH TO PAY, YOUNG ENOUGH TO DECIDE

When did Adulting become a thing we wait for instead of a thing we do? At 16 , you're old enough to flip burgers, pay taxes and get tried as an adult,but not old enough to vote?

Stop treating 16 year olds like they're stuck in limbo, waiting for adulthood . The government's happy to tax them, but when it comes to having a say in how that money's spent, suddenly they're too young . It's a plain double standard, if you're old enough to contribute to the system and face the law as an adult in a court of law, you are old enough to vote.

And let's be real, who's more likely to fall for fake news ,teenagers who have grown up spotting scams online since they were kids or older people still figuring out Facebook? Students today are good a filtering out the noise because they've had to do it their whole lives just to use the internet.

Democracy should be about thinking long term. But right now , the people with the least time left on the earth are making all the big calls , while those who'll actually live with the consequences of climate change or national debt are stuck on the sidelines . Lowering the voting age to 16 isn't about just changing campaigns, it's about forcing politicians to look beyond the next election and finally start looking at the next fifty years.