I meant as a mass phenomenon. For most of history, an 18 year old was a fully grown man, capable of military command, albeit inexperienced. Now we are mass-inf

I meant as a mass phenomenon. For most of history, an 18 year old was a fully grown man, capable of military command, albeit inexperienced. Now we are mass-infantilizing those men in their most fertile years. (Rare mavericks we've always had, of course, and a few may turn out enormously 'lucrative', so to speak, for society.)