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To be fair the transaction is supposedly something like “old person has added value all their life and now receives some return on investment” but in reality th
by binary132 2y ago
To be fair the transaction is supposedly something like “old person has added value all their life and now receives some return on investment” but in reality the past (along with other elements of their personhood) typically just disappears once someone loses agency, unless they have a committed and devoted advocate.
Even illness or injury are enough to dehumanize someone, since they make it harder to self-advocate and the system isn’t built to advocate for you — in fact it’s often incentivized to advocate adversarially against you!
- mindslight 2y ago> the transaction is supposedly something like “old person has added value all their life and now receives some return on investment” What you're describing isn't really a transaction though? This dynamic can only exist from family and other longer term personal relationships.
- binary132 2y agoI’m saying even the inhuman transactional model at least has a concept carved out for like, long-term investment and savings. Just playing Devil’s advocate really.