Quote: (04-10-2014 02:20 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:In the past 20 years or so America has become totally infantalized. Perhaps this is a natural consequence of empire.
Why do they want ID?
In Australia they only ask if you look under 25.
One of the consequences of this is a hysterical attitude to underage drinking. Before 1984 there was no national drinking age, and people looked at underaged drinking with a wink and a smile. 80s movies routinely featured teenager parties with everyone happily drinking beer.
But today, it's treated as a tremendous moral sin despite its ubiquitousness and basic harmlessness. Children are subjected to extreme anti-drinking propaganda in school (DARE), and many liquor-retailing establishments have become so zealous about the policy that they make it a point to card everyone, even very elderly people.
It's just one of many examples in the sad, comic opera that America has degenerated into.