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Society might collapse so we can't feed old people is a heck of a take. The government controls what the dollars are worth no matter what. You provide no solu
by _DeadFred_ 2y ago
Society might collapse so we can't feed old people is a heck of a take.
The government controls what the dollars are worth no matter what.
You provide no solution only doom and gloom. Maybe go for a hike in the woods. Either we figure something out or we go back to old people eating scraps out of trash cans like they did before we established social security. If a society can't progress and get rid of at the very least scarcity of food for old people during the most unprecedented growth of productivity in the history of the planet, what is the point of that society?
- jerf 2y agoYou are misreading a descriptive take with a normative take. The problem is that defined benefit plans are not possible. If you actually care about old people, rather than caring about scoring internet points yelling at people online, then the correct solution is to understand the problem, and start dealing with it. The "yell at anyone explaining that defined benefits plans are impossible and then give out defined benefits plans anyhow" is what is and will continue to hurt people. It's not people like me hurting people, it's people like you who insist on living in fantasy because my gosh isn't the fantasy nicer than the reality.