I have this one friend who I talk to on the phone a lot. 
I was telling them about how another friend of mine told me I shouldn't be able to vote (because I'm childless)

In reply he asked me why I wanted to vote so bad anyways. "Why do you need to be enfranchised this way?" 

I didn't really have a good answer, certainly not to him. To me voting feels like it makes you a part of society. And to be deprived of that is the state's way of telling you that you don't count. But maybe it doesn't matter, that you don't matter to them.

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Voting impacts the here and now as much as the future, Also, this idea that only people that have children have a stake is patently stupid. There are a shit ton of selfish parents that aren't invested in their kids and people without children that are incredibly charitable and selfless. 

In fact, having a child can also be a burden society if you don't care for them, so how does that entitle you to anything based purely on the act? Complete bullshit.