Following the derailment of the poll about my github account, I have decided that I will now test the limits of your patience¹ by linking folks to the context that led to this question, so you may consider whether your vote is relevant on that earlier post, read the conversation I had with @jbschirtzinger, and then join its continuation below.

The ultimate generalisation of the questions that arose in that earlier conversation is about the maturation of children, who are inevitably born into social contracts that they lack the maturity to accept, until ages when modern nations consider them already indebted. One common consequence of this is military conscription, which varies widely across the world, including militias of child soldiers, standing armies of neutral nations, and futile wars that seem to never end. Although the conversation that led to this poll was specifically about conscription, I have phrased the question much more generally, and included appropriate options.

Regardless of your vote, please do comment an opinion!