Life Is a Ponzi Scheme (2009)

Re:Life Is a Ponzi Scheme (2009) by coldtea on Sunday November 03, 2019 @10:44AM (#21434508)

>The point is, the young would have a higher quality of life if they did not have to support the old.

The older two, if they didn't have to support the young, e.g. not have babies, or just send them to work on farms at 6 years old...

Are the "young" supposed to get raised for free from 0 to 18 or even 0-25 or more in these days, and then coast along, with no responsibility of paying back to society for that?

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Re:Life Is a Ponzi Scheme (2009) by ClumsyPilot on Sunday November 03, 2019 @04:50PM (#21436902)

This is not a moral statement, it's a matter of physical difficulty:

If you have 4 siblings, supporting your ageing parents is quite easy

If you are a single child, supporting two ageing parents can be challenging

If you alone had to support 4 ageing people (like someone who decided not to have kids), while also having to meet your work commitments, that would probably be very difficult.

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