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Education helps a great deal but there is a reason 12 year olds don't hold office or run fortune 500 companies.

In aggregate the judgement and maturity required to protect themselves from being exploited has not quite fully developed.

It's why there are so many social and legal protections for children, they are just inherently vulnerable.



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