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Anyone ever seen Wild in the Streets? 24 year old Max Frost becomes President, makes the age of majority 14, and sends everyone over 35 to the camps. So yeah, here’s that.

The 1968 election went down in in world history as the exact moment the old world died. Max Frost, having successfully lowered the voting age to 14 and the age to run for President to 20, swept into office on his radical youth rights program (the fact that the Democratic nominee was a close ally of Max’s and actively told young people to vote for him may have had something to do with it). Upon assuming office, Max’s goons murdered the “Old Guard” (aka all politicians in government over 35 or so) and with both parties under his control, Frost put into place his vision for America.

Overseas soldiers were called back to America and replaced most law enforcement agencies after the repeal of the posse comitatus act. 30 was made the mandatory retirement age, and everyone over 35 was sent to “Paradise Camps” where they would receive “LSD Therapy” for the rest of their natural lives. While the states still voted independently, their industries were centralized into massive Regions (here outlined in grey) put under the semi-automated control of prodigies selected via nationwide survey. Every last scrap of every resource that wasn’t used was shipped as a gift to allies and developing nations. LSD therapy was provided for all citizens over 14 at no cost upon request.

With a revolution in their leading member and resources flooding in stamped with the logo of the Youth Rights Coalition, it wasn’t long at all before America’s allies succumbed to similar revolutions, and continued to spread the Youth State movement wherever they could. For a few months, it seemed like the whole world would be under the trendy heel of the twentysomethings.

It isn’t. The Old Guard rallied, in one way or another. In some places, around religion, and teachings of respect for one’s elders. Mao was able to harness the Cultural Revolution’s cult of personality to merely perform a self-coup and replace the adult communist party members with younger ones - with himself still at the head, of course. The Cultural Revolutionaries, while not seeing youth in government as a bad thing, say it’s a waste to round up all the adults. Ironically, Beijing and co. ended up allying with the Islamic Republic of Iran, because realpolitik trumps all.

Speaking of realpolitik, the Pact of Responsible Government. The Soviet Union had much too tight control of the people for a revolution to succeed. After all, as the Party told everyone, the correct revolution already had. With western Europe busying itself with killing all the “Uncools”, West Germany had only one viable choice for salvation. Both Germanies united under a federal system, one of “neutral socialism,” but of course retaining the alliance with the Soviet Union. Nationalism has made a disquieting comeback against the “Youth Degenerates,” but Berlin is under no illusions about its alliance with the Bolsheviks. Breaking out the swastikas will end their friendship and so spell their doom, so let’s remember to still denounce the Nazis once in a while. For now.

Frost’s plan has lead to a replacement of the Western Bloc with a tributary system entirely dependent on the resources gifted to them by USAID. While Frost will not officially keep soldiers overseas and has disarmed a sizable fraction of the United States’ nuclear arsenal (for God’s sake, the stars on the flag were replaced with the peace symbol, we’ve got to keep up appearances!), the reality of the situation demands a lot of “advisors” in American allies.

Who’s left? South Africa and Oceania. The ANC freed Mandela, and swept the Conservatives out of power in a wave of revolutionary sentiment. The respect for Mandela was too high, and so the government did not go full Youth Statist. However, there is now a lot of division between the Socialists, the normal Liberals and the Youth Righters in the party, only held together by Mandela’s reputation and charisma. Overall, they’re doing all right.

Oceania is Britain-in-exile. The Royal Family was much too old to remain in London, after all. While the outside world decries them as Orwell’s nightmare come to life, this is an exaggeration. While the government does have a lot of power for surveillance, it has this with the consent of the citizens. The Empire will not ally with socialists of any stripe, and certainly not Frost’s lackeys, so they must go it alone. The feeling of a country under siege is genuine, however, as the USAID countries will stop at nothing to crush one more remnant of the Old Guard. Elections are held, free and fair, but only a minority complains that the televisions now work both ways.

It is now 1972. Frost has won reelection in a landslide, but of course he has, having been nominated by every party from the Dems and GOP to the Black Panthers (who have 10 seats in the Senate). In China, the legitimized Red Guard protect Mao’s dream against the revisionist Americans. In Russia, the Student Brigades protect Marx’s dream against the fascist Americans, and Germany most certainty has no problem with denouncing the fascists, for sure! The Soviets are liberalizing, however, and are experimenting with Syndicalism. While this is popular with the citizens and makes Youth Revolution movements even less popular, there are fears this will leave the country more open to infiltration. A delegation has been dispatched to Beijing, to join in an alliance against their mutual foe - and to put adults back in power where they belong — once and for all.

But they may not get the chance. In America, child soldiers are now a very common sight. Alarmingly, there are now groups operating that seem to have no leadership — or perhaps the leadership are children as well? All the prisoners will say is that they’re “gonna put everyone over ten out of business.”

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Anyone ever seen Wild in the Streets? 24 year old Max Frost becomes President, makes the age of majority 14, and sends everyone over 35 to the camps. So yeah, here’s that.

The 1968 election went down in in world history as the exact moment the old world died. Max Frost, having successfully lowered the voting age to 14 and the age to run for President to 20, swept into office on his radical youth rights program (the fact that the Democratic nominee was a close ally of Max’s and actively told young people to vote for him may have had something to do with it). Upon assuming office, Max’s goons murdered the “Old Guard” (aka all politicians in government over 35 or so) and with both parties under his control, Frost put into place his vision for America.

Overseas soldiers were called back to America and replaced most law enforcement agencies after the repeal of the posse comitatus act. 30 was made the mandatory retirement age, and everyone over 35 was sent to “Paradise Camps” where they would receive “LSD Therapy” for the rest of their natural lives. While the states still voted independently, their industries were centralized into massive Regions (here outlined in grey) put under the semi-automated control of prodigies selected via nationwide survey. Every last scrap of every resource that wasn’t used was shipped as a gift to allies and developing nations. LSD therapy was provided for all citizens over 14 at no cost upon request.

With a revolution in their leading member and resources flooding in stamped with the logo of the Youth Rights Coalition, it wasn’t long at all before America’s allies succumbed to similar revolutions, and continued to spread the Youth State movement wherever they could. For a few months, it seemed like the whole world would be under the trendy heel of the twentysomethings.

It isn’t. The Old Guard rallied, in one way or another. In some places, around religion, and teachings of respect for one’s elders. Mao was able to harness the Cultural Revolution’s cult of personality to merely perform a self-coup and replace the adult communist party members with younger ones - with himself still at the head, of course. The Cultural Revolutionaries, while not seeing youth in government as a bad thing, say it’s a waste to round up all the adults. Ironically, Beijing and co. ended up allying with the Islamic Republic of Iran, because realpolitik trumps all.

Speaking of realpolitik, the Pact of Responsible Government. The Soviet Union had much too tight control of the people for a revolution to succeed. After all, as the Party told everyone, the correct revolution already had. With western Europe busying itself with killing all the “Uncools”, West Germany had only one viable choice for salvation. Both Germanies united under a federal system, one of “neutral socialism,” but of course retaining the alliance with the Soviet Union. Nationalism has made a disquieting comeback against the “Youth Degenerates,” but Berlin is under no illusions about its alliance with the Bolsheviks. Breaking out the swastikas will end their friendship and so spell their doom, so let’s remember to still denounce the Nazis once in a while. For now.

Frost’s plan has lead to a replacement of the Western Bloc with a tributary system entirely dependent on the resources gifted to them by USAID. While Frost will not officially keep soldiers overseas and has disarmed a sizable fraction of the United States’ nuclear arsenal (for God’s sake, the stars on the flag were replaced with the peace symbol, we’ve got to keep up appearances!), the reality of the situation demands a lot of “advisors” in American allies.

Who’s left? South Africa and Oceania. The ANC freed Mandela, and swept the Conservatives out of power in a wave of revolutionary sentiment. The respect for Mandela was too high, and so the government did not go full Youth Statist. However, there is now a lot of division between the Socialists, the normal Liberals and the Youth Righters in the party, only held together by Mandela’s reputation and charisma. Overall, they’re doing all right.

Oceania is Britain-in-exile. The Royal Family was much too old to remain in London, after all. While the outside world decries them as Orwell’s nightmare come to life, this is an exaggeration. While the government does have a lot of power for surveillance, it has this with the consent of the citizens. The Empire will not ally with socialists of any stripe, and certainly not Frost’s lackeys, so they must go it alone. The feeling of a country under siege is genuine, however, as the USAID countries will stop at nothing to crush one more remnant of the Old Guard. Elections are held, free and fair, but only a minority complains that the televisions now work both ways.

It is now 1972. Frost has won reelection in a landslide, but of course he has, having been nominated by every party from the Dems and GOP to the Black Panthers (who have 10 seats in the Senate). In China, the legitimized Red Guard protect Mao’s dream against the revisionist Americans. In Russia, the Student Brigades protect Marx’s dream against the fascist Americans, and Germany most certainty has no problem with denouncing the fascists, for sure! The Soviets are liberalizing, however, and are experimenting with Syndicalism. While this is popular with the citizens and makes Youth Revolution movements even less popular, there are fears this will leave the country more open to infiltration. A delegation has been dispatched to Beijing, to join in an alliance against their mutual foe - and to put adults back in power where they belong — once and for all.

But they may not get the chance. In America, child soldiers are now a very common sight. Alarmingly, there are now groups operating that seem to have no leadership — or perhaps the leadership are children as well? All the prisoners will say is that they’re “gonna put everyone over ten out of business.”