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Business is essentially the practice of deferring accountability and delegating responsibility. Nursing homes themselves only exist because people won't or can'
by underlipton 3y ago
Business is essentially the practice of deferring accountability and delegating responsibility. Nursing homes themselves only exist because people won't or can't take care of their parents; essentially, you commodify care for the elderly, and now they're a resource to be gamed. The exploitation seems like it's kind of baked into how we Capitalism.
- hotpotamus 3y agoWhile all people have parents, not all people have children.
- kshacker 3y agoWell all of us are going to die, maybe when we are old, but could be earlier. There is an incentive for everyone to build a model for our old age.
- underlipton 3y ago"Elders" might have been a more accurate wording. It's a community/social concern (hence, to some degree, and to great but non-comprehensive use, "social security").
- hotpotamus 3y agoFair enough. I'm a bit dubious of the idea of having children as a means of securing your retirement plan on a few grounds. I'll skip any moralizing about it and just say that I've seen people for whom it has failed somewhat spectacularly on a practical level and in a variety of ways. It would be nice to have that care provided by the community who can hopefully scale it a bit better.