>>101626874I'm not done thinking, because that doesn't even address jobs
Do the kids have adult labor laws?
Do the kids lift heavy objects and operate heavy machinery? If not, who builds the infrastructures they live in, the adults?
If the adults do, in fact, operate the heavy, murky, underground shit, then again, how do you possibly sedate them from overthrowing the government? What's the justification for adults operating mature blue-collar jobs, but not the mature white collar jobs?
>>101617951 suggests they're slaves, but if that's so, then how in the world do they convince autonomous kids to become slaves when they grow up?Here's where it gets stupid, because they can't be euthanized when older, because they need to be intelligent enough to operate machinery, but by keeping them the least bit intelligent, they are prone to revolt leaving their majority rule to a minority servitude. If they aren't used for machinery, then how in the world are the kids strong enough to operate that stuff, both mentally and physically?
The only concept I can think of is that its a Benjamin Button thing, but
>>101617951 proves that they have some intelligence beyond what a child possesses.
yes i know this is stupid overanalyzing