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No, we as a society only care about children. You're the most precious and wonderful thing until you turn 18, then fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
by mhurron 13y ago
No, we as a society only care about children. You're the most precious and wonderful thing until you turn 18, then fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
- mjn 13y agoBoth children and the elderly, curiously enough. For a country with a generally weak social safety net, the U.S. actually has a quite generous old-age safety net, via Social Security and Medicare: a quasi-universal pension and close to single-payer health coverage. So if you live long enough you're set! I've found that a bit curious, since I don't see any obvious reason that a 70-year-old with cancer should have a stronger guaranteed right to free health treatment than a 30-year-old or a 50-year-old with cancer.
- wes-exp 13y agoI've found that a bit curious Older people vote and are a simply a constituency that politicians don't mess with. The same logic of "think of the children" can be "think of our seniors" with the added weight that they vote and and are a powerful political lobby.
- philwelch 13y agoIt's not hard to imagine why there's more sympathy for taking care of children and the aged rather than working age adults.