This is a fascinating thought experiment - how well do you think people would cope if their government just decided that half of everyone over 60 dying is an ac

This is a fascinating thought experiment - how well do you think people would cope if their government just decided that half of everyone over 60 dying is an acceptable loss? What would the fallout from the collective trauma be? How disastrous would the impact on the sudden collapse of most pension funds as most of the capital is withdrawn be? As someone who's interested in systems thinking and the impact of feedback loops in large scale systems, I can't even begin to fathom how badly society would be damaged if this had actually happened.