The author wouldn&#x27;t have been violating the law currently if they hadn&#x27;t been made to violate it a when they were a child, and didn&#x27;t have the capability to understand the consequences.<p>In your alternate universe, the author should have left their house, family, support structure, life, potential world-class education and moved to a place they have never known at 18 because goddamnit, they&#x27;re an adult. In the US, we don&#x27;t even trust 18 year olds to be responsible with liquor or rent cars.<p>Again with the lack of empathy here.