Old enough to die but not to vote There are about 8 million people in the U.S. who are 16 or 17 years old. They can be charged as adults and tried as adults in the criminal justice system. When they reach 18, they can even be executed in many states for crimes committed when they were juveniles. And, with their parents permission, they can become part of the imperialist war machine by joining the Army. But they can t vote.
Voting is secret and there are several candidates for each position.
Cuba is a socialist country, run by and for the working people. The U.S. is the bastion of world capitalism and is controlled by a small class of the super-rich. Defenders of U.S. capitalism point to the elections as proof that the majority rule. But it is becoming increasingly clear that elections here are totally stacked against the majority many millions of whom don t even have the formal right to vote.