How today's American authoritarians react to different examples of expressing disagreement with arbitrary age discrimination (saving most important ones for last)

* If you say "retirement age should at least be based on statistics instead of cutting it off at an arbitrary age based on your feefees," the authoritarians say "no."

* If you say "you should at least base the age I can get a driver's license on statistics instead of cutting it off at an arbitrary age based on your feefees," the authoritarians say "no."

* If you say "you should at least decide who's old enough for a driver's license on a case-by-case basis instead of setting a cutoff age at an arbitrary number selected by your feefees," the authoritarians say "no."

* If you say "you should at least let everyone vote instead of setting an arbitrary voting age based on your feefees," the authoritarians say "no."

* If you say "you should at least set the voting cutoff age based on statistics instead of your arbitrary feelings," the authoritarians say "no."

* If you say "you should at least set the cutoff age for drinking alcohol and using cannabis based on statistics instead of your arbitrary feelings," the authoritarians say "sure, let's at least try to do that."

* If you say "you should at least decide if I can be charged as a runaway on a case-by-case basis instead of setting an arbitrary cutoff age based on your feefees," the authoritarians say "no."

* If you say "you should at least make exceptions in runaway cases for some people below the arbitrary cutoff age based on your feefees," the authoritarians say "no."

* If you say "you should at least set another, lower arbitrary cutoff age based on your feefees where you'll consider making exceptions for people who are above that age, but below the arbitrarily-set cutoff age for potential charges," the authoritarians say "only in some states."

* If you say "age-based workforce regulations should ban adults from exploiting kids instead of banning kids from making money," the authoritarians say "wait, you wanted to stop kids from getting exploited? What the fuck?"

* If you say "you should at least decide if I'm old enough to have sex on a case-by-case basis instead of setting an arbitrary cutoff age based on your feefees," the authoritarians foam at the mouth and fucking collapse society with fossil fuel so they can kill you and get away with it even though it also means they and their children will die.

* If you say "you should at least set the ages people can have sex at based on some rational justification instead of picking arbitrary numbers based on your feefees," the authoritarians fucking kill you as soon as they can get away with it, and just to make sure they will be able to get away with it, they fucking collapse society with fossil fuel, even though it also means they and their children will die.

* If you say "the laws on age cutoffs are fine as they are and I am not only willing but downright excited to follow them to the letter," the authoritarians say "you were supposed to follow the spirit of the law, not the letter - when we said you're not allowed to have sex with anyone below a certain age, we also meant you have to say no if you're asked if they're attractive," then they ask "so would you still be attracted to the woman you love if she was age of consent minus one?" If you say yes, then they fucking kill as soon as they can get away with it, and to make sure they will be able to get away with it, they fucking collapse society with fossil fuel, even though it also means they and their children will die.