No ill intent at all meant by this, just a hypothetical inspired from looking at a global map with different social lines across borders.
Would it be easier to increase or to decrease the age of majority by 2 years?
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No ill intent at all meant by this, just a hypothetical inspired from looking at a global map with different social lines across borders.
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For what purpose. I think that if you’re old enough to join the army you should be old enough to vote.
Increase. In Western societies, we already treat that 18-21 range as extended adolescence of most purposes. I think it would be much easier to treat 20 as the age of adulthood than to grant more rights to high school sophomores.
From a parent’s perspective, it’s all about balancing protection with independence—giving young people enough time to mature while respecting their growing autonomy.
I mean it would be much faster to kill all old people than to reproduce new babies i guess