Probably not, because there's inevitably a transition period.
replySure, raise it past the transition period.
replyI’m tired of the pearl clutchers. Decide an age you’ll actually accept. That’s an adult. No more infantilization.
You're not understanding my argument. Within the current way we do things, whatever age you pick is the age the transition period starts for a big fraction of people. Just picking a higher age doesn't work.
replyIf anything, based on the median in the US right now, we should be introducing more self-determination earlier.
Not without impacting other political aspects. Remember we only lowered the voting age to 18 some 50 years ago to justify the ability to send more kids to a war we started. And that's only the tip of the iceberg.
replyWe seem perfectly fine splitting up some aspects of adulthood, like 21 for drinking.
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