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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by philliphaydon on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:58AM (#33246444)
Living longer generally has a negative affect on the economy so the quality of life in some ways is worse for the younger generations. So it seems it’s only useful as a metric of short term success of a country.
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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by fullshark on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @09:28AM (#33246786)
All those laborers working, enabling greater return to capital, are doing so based on a social contract. One that doesn't send them to the glue factory the second they no longer are capable laborers.
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