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Contemporary societal culture is biased against old folks—little respect, not valued for their wisdom and experience—but the problem with more older people is h
by avgcorrection 3y ago
Contemporary societal culture is biased against old folks—little respect, not valued for their wisdom and experience—but the problem with more older people is higher costs for retirement, healthcare, and a smaller pool of tax payers.
- 2-718-281-828 3y agoi'm sure the oldies will figure something out and it can be assumed that societal culture will shift in their favor if demographics change towards them.
- cies 3y agoWhere I live I feel old folks make the rules, and make 'm well for their home-owning, investment portfolio having, pension fund living, selves. Look in the US? Pressie is near senile, senate is full grey. Not all countries are this bad, but where I live it's similar. But culturally oldies need more respect?
- avgcorrection 3y agoBoth of these things are true. Your first paragraph is most relevant. The thing about the pressie and senators is only relevant to the miniscule minority of the most powerful people.
- pb7 3y agoYour mistake is thinking that with age automatically comes wisdom. Most old people have no more wisdom to offer than they did when they were young.
- avgcorrection 3y agoMaybe. Or maybe you’re proving my point.
- rangestransform 3y agonope, a recent example is the covid19 pandemic response