> This system of course is built 100% on governments/employers not wanting to guarantee financial security of elders and offload the risk to the individual. Th

> This system of course is built 100% on governments/employers not wanting to guarantee financial security of elders and offload the risk to the individual. The growth obsession phenomenon also happens in countries which demonstrably put more effort into caring about the elderly and the poor. They still get left behind, albeit at marginally lower rates than in a country like the US. It's the juiced economic statistics and obsession paper growth that's the core problem, not necessarily "rich people have influence"