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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by avgcorrection on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:04PM (#38193375)
Contemporary societal culture is biased against old folks—little respect, not valued for their wisdom and experience—but the problem with more older people is higher costs for retirement, healthcare, and a smaller pool of tax payers.
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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by 2-718-281-828 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:12PM (#38193508)
i'm sure the oldies will figure something out and it can be assumed that societal culture will shift in their favor if demographics change towards them.
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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by pb7 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:19PM (#38193644)
Your mistake is thinking that with age automatically comes wisdom. Most old people have no more wisdom to offer than they did when they were young.
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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by avgcorrection on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:24PM (#38193723)
Maybe. Or maybe you’re proving my point.
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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by cies on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:16PM (#38193587)
Where I live I feel old folks make the rules, and make 'm well for their home-owning, investment portfolio having, pension fund living, selves.

Look in the US? Pressie is near senile, senate is full grey. Not all countries are this bad, but where I live it's similar.

But culturally oldies need more respect?

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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by avgcorrection on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:28PM (#38193788)
Both of these things are true.

Your first paragraph is most relevant. The thing about the pressie and senators is only relevant to the miniscule minority of the most powerful people.

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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by rangestransform on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @04:12PM (#38197114)
nope, a recent example is the covid19 pandemic response
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