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Comment author: username2 30 September 2016 05:47:17AM 0 points [-]

Obvious problems arise when aging is eliminated/fixed.

But beyond that, why should one give those with least life experience & acquired wisdom the most vote? That seems entirely backwards. My initial expectation is that the reverse (one's personal voting weight vesting into increasingly higher influence over time) would lead to more harmonious societies, at odds with your suggestion.