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Primitive societies are known to abandon old people to die when they become a burden rather than an asset.
by skookumchuck 9y ago
Primitive societies are known to abandon old people to die when they become a burden rather than an asset.
- ch4s3 9y agosome
- skookumchuck 9y agoWhat's a nomadic tribe to do with someone who can no longer keep up? When there is insufficient food (commonplace in older societies) who is going to get the food? When resources get scarce, there are a lot of ugly realities.
- dredmorbius 9y agoYou might do better to provide citations over argument.
- skookumchuck 9y ago"Traditional nomadic tribes often end up abandoning their elderly during their unrelenting travels. The choice for the healthy and young is to do this or carry the old and infirm on their backs — along with children, weapons and necessities — through perilous territory. Also prone to sacrificing their elderly are societies that suffer periodic famines. Citing a dramatic example, Diamond said Paraguay’s Aché Indians assign certain young men the task of killing old people with an ax or spear, or burying them alive." http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/jared-diamond-on-aging-150571 http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/jared-diamond-on-aging-1505...
- dredmorbius 9y agoThanks, exactly.
- interfixus 9y agoAn ugly, indisputable fact. Saddening to see you downvoted.