r//Anarcho_Capitalism- Age of Consent

>In the case of drug and alcohol use, I think anyone, regardless of age, should be allowed to consume any product that they want to consume. However, I think parents should educate their children about the dangers of drug and alcohol use at a young age, as well as the negative effects of drug and alcohol use at any age.

>As for sexual activity, I think this is something for which private courts would create an "age of consent" or "criteria to be mature enough to give consent", which may vary from court to court. Insurance companies would have certain partner courts and would work these courts' codes into their policies.

>So, if your 16-year-old daughter had s*x with a 20-year-old guy, and you want to charge him with r*pe (s*x without consent), then you need to have a social insurance policy that covers s*x without consent (this would probably be included in most composite family policies), and the court which would handle the case needs to have a consent-for-s*x-code that defines your daughter as unable to give consent. If all of this is true, then and only then could you proceed to charge the guy with r*pe.

>This kind of set-up means that the courts with the most socially acceptable codes will be partnered with by most insurance companies, and those insurance companies will be the most popular choices. Therefore, rules like age of consent will reflect local social norms, which I think is the best outcome.