@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 10 days ago[Serious] What should every young person do?message-square110fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up195arrow-down1message-square[Serious] What should every young person do?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 10 days agomessage-square110fedilinkfile-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-squareBlackoutlinkfedilink24•10 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•10 days 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-square@gigachadlink7•10 days agoHowever there exist countries with own constitutions outside of the US
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•9 days 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.
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.