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> family, community, religion or charity If these are not enough?

• chii 8y ago
  People still got by in the past before govt welfare existed. What happened today?
  • lenticular 8y ago
    They didn't, actually. Severe poverty was widespread on a scale we don't really see today. Not having SS, especially, lead to extreme destitution being common among the elderly.
  • matthewmacleod 8y ago
    I mean, many of them died. Or ended up in the workhouse.
  • walshemj 8y ago
    They did not "get by" they died or where incarcerated on workhouses. Many of the BBC who do you think you are series have terrible stories of peoples ancestors in workhouses.