• glimse@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Yes, it’s 18 here.

    I was a bit worried when I saw the headline for that reason. I forgot the US is an outlier with being perfectly OK with sending kids to war before they can legally drink alcohol

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      6 months ago

      It used to be that the draft age was lower than the voting age in many states. There was a constitutional amendment during the US-Vietnam War to drop the voting age to 18 because if you’re old enough to be forced to fight in a war, you’re old enough to have a say in the war.