berryjam@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months ago[Serious] What should every young person do?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-square[Serious] What should every young person do?berryjam@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
For the purpose of this question, the target age range is 20-30. Asking because I feel like I’m wasting my youth.
minus-squareBlackout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·2 months agoI’d also add participate in local politics. There’s no law saying a 20 year old can’t be any elected official but president.
minus-squarebostonbananarama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·2 months agoThere is, it’s the constitution. You can’t be a member of the House without being 25 or a senator without being 30.
minus-squaregigachadlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoHowever there exist countries with own constitutions outside of the US
minus-squaresunstoned@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoEven in the US, state-level representation hardly counts as local. Neighborhoods, towns, counties, etc. all have people representing them. It’s cool to care about and build up your community.
Vote.
I’d also add participate in local politics. There’s no law saying a 20 year old can’t be any elected official but president.
There is, it’s the constitution. You can’t be a member of the House without being 25 or a senator without being 30.
However there exist countries with own constitutions outside of the US
Even in the US, state-level representation hardly counts as local. Neighborhoods, towns, counties, etc. all have people representing them.
It’s cool to care about and build up your community.