This is orbiting the issue of personal responsibility and social burdens.
I get the impression that you recognize that there are certain costs that are distributed on members of a society, because it is the least problematic way to address some collective action issue.
You could migrate to the libertarian ideal, if that is what suits you. if this counts as GFMS, I sadly don’t mean in it those terms.
I dont know you well enough to know what specific harms would matter to your wellbeing.
It could range from what the state of the next voting cohort will be.
It could range from having a social environment of better adjusted adults creating art, science or just relationships that will impact you as you age.
It’s more capacity for families, mental resilience and less dead weight loss of kids getting trapped into emotional tar pits.
It’s a signal that as a society we don’t want to see our kids addicted, and that if we impose such costs on ourselves, we will impose heavier costs on the perpetrators. There is a reckoning with social media and addictive design that is to be had; this is a step on that path.
It makes it easier for parents who are struggling, and reduces harm to kids and teens.
It may give us a way to deal with the absolute scourge of non consensual intimate imagery.
I’ve personally had to flag and remove stuff of that nature, and even in a country like america, that kind of content is life ending.
In a religiously conservative country, that can lead to much, much worse.
However this is a smorgasbord of ills that society as a whole is struggling to deal with.
You are a standing member of that society.
I don’t know you well enough to make a case that makes sense.
I will add, You also don’t look to be a passive member of society, so you are doubly screwed.
You get the bonus burden of having to think about how to solve the problem in the best manner possible.
>It could range from [...] as a whole is struggling to deal with.
I thought you said you read the thread. You've fallen into the same mistake CPLX has made. You're answering why children should be protected. I've already granted that premise, there's no need to argue for it. My question was why people who don't have children should bear the burden of that protection instead of their parents.
If a more concrete question would help, why should all adults pay to be able to prove that they're adults (just to be able to retain a freedom they already had, I should add), instead of being given that ability for free by the government, and the government collecting the costs of the program from parents?