> universal cultural norm for younger generations to take care of older family members when they need it, OP is talking about how the normalization of euthanas

> universal cultural norm for younger generations to take care of older family members when they need it, OP is talking about how the normalization of euthanasia could find snoballing support derived from all sorts of social and economic pressures on the younger generations to reduce the cost burden of the older ones. With the result that once some tipping point has been reached this option becomes an expectation and the cultural norm has changed. > at least until very recently. this acknowledgement rather supports his point, long held cultural norms are far more brittle than we think they are. And the old and weak have no economic muscle to defend themselves against this change.