[close04]

Children are legally differentiated from adults purely based on age, not some formal verification. You get extra rights and obligations at 18, that’s a very objective criterion.

Declaring someone mentally unfit is anything but objective and it’s very ripe for abuse.

[Terr_]

> Children are legally differentiated from adults purely based on age, not some formal verification.

Often but not always: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_of_minors

[armchairhacker]

I’m saying that old people should also be differentiated by age: once you reach some age (maybe 70 or 80, the same age for everyone) you lose certain rights. This is separate from the existing system.