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When i was in preschool i voted for john mccain in a mock election because his name reminded me of candy canes
A candy cane would also crash an A-4 attack aircraft, so that's an easy mistake to make.
.....ok but why were they having preschoolers vote in mock elections?
To teach the importance of participatory democracy, and how it is completely unassailable and the only reasonable way to impart change!
Seriously, to brainwash kids into not thinking about anything else besides voting vis a vis politics
Like, this is a thing that you'd do for middle school civics. Preschoolers can hardly read.
Better to start when they can't critically think. Ingraining it young means it doesn't get questioned the same as doing so later
Indoctrination, same reason we make all children say a fascist oath of allegiance every morning
I was in a private christian school that also functioned as a church... it was weird
I voted for Bush when I was five because it was the only name on the ballot I could read. I've been trying to repent ever since.
As you should smh
We had a Kerry vs Bush