Ten in ten children have parents who are older than them
Parent's typically aren't in charge of understanding and regulating technology they barely understand, let alone can operate. We need to strip the gerontocracy of their ability to enrich themselves while being incapable of understanding the world around them. The founding fathers were in their 30s.
Is it so strange to wish to be governed by peers? You don't think a gerontocracy is optimal, do you?