• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    Outside of capitalism it is hard to function below replacement level because the young people have to take care of the elderly

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      15 hours ago

      Oh no, having to spend time with my family oh nooo /s

      If rent weren’t so damn high and you didn’t have such a squeeze on every moment of your life to make as much money too survive, spending time and supporting each other efficiently maybe wouldn’t be a problem.

      Values are defined by our parents? Is it a caste system? Is extended family more or less efficient? What is the goal: sustainability, B R E E D I N G, vacations, wealth compared to others, power over others, power over ourselves? Etc…

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      22 hours ago

      Young people would have time to take care of the elderly if they weren’t forced to work 60+ hour weeks consistently

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        22 hours ago

        Kind of adjacent when the person is tying infinite economic growth with population “degrowth”

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      21 hours ago

      No they don’t. They just have to adopt a culture of euthanasia. I don’t say that to be cruel or indifferent. I assume state assisted programs are in a lot of countries’ futures assuming they can stomach it. It’s not something I’m advocating for. I just think the rich are cold enough to push it to try to fix the problem.