I’m not asking this from a biology lens, I get that aspect, but more from the sociology/anthropology lens. My question is which culture started using 18 as this hard cutoff, when, and under what reasoning.
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I think it depends a lot on the country. In a lot of countries military service and voting have always gone hand in hand. In scandinavia people vote on kings by beating shields with their sword. In Switzerland they voted by showing their service weapon.
So since kids are drafted at 18, that is also the voting age.
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