I favor reducing the age back to 18. It was 18 until I was around 10 or 11, I believe (1984 or ‘85 ?) and I thought it was unfair to jack the age up arbitrarily to 21. However, this needs to dovetail with getting rid of the 26th Amendment and returning the voting age to 21 (if not 25), with the exception being military, police/fire, etc. I think if faced with booze or the ballot, the kids would pick booze.
Those between 18-21 are being highly manipulated by the educational establishment and are often completely divorced from the reality of those whom are actively working (post-college). The reason for the 26th had more to do with pandering to a group that was opposed to being sent off to war, and now that we haven’t had an active draft in 40+ years, that’s no longer an issue.
I cant disagree more from my own perspective.
It was 18 when I was 18 and didn't turn to 21 until I was older than 21 and that meant that those a bunch of years younger than 18 were drinking with them even at 14 or 15.
I saw them.
Its called social circles. Girls normally socialize with older boys. Bad news at those ages.
Raising it to 21 raised all those years.
Yes, if it was 21 when I was 18 then I would have thought it unfair just like you to not be able to buy it. That's natural.