• foggy@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Please let it be “senior citizen”.

    Like… We give people at a certain age benefits because we don’t expect them to be fully capable past that age.

    • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      No, social security exists because older folks were dying in poverty. They may be capable of many things at age, but hard labor isn’t one of them.