• facepainter@lemm.ee
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    21 hours ago

    This is nonsense.

    In Western/Central Europe and Scandinavia, smaller families are the norm, yet nobody sees 80 year old people working.

    This is entirely the fault of unchained capitalism, corruption and half a century of lobbying against the working class.

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      5 hours ago

      Sweden (I’m using them as an example) has a comparable employment rate at every age group than the US?

      In the US about 41% of people 55 and older are working, compared to almost 38% in Sweden.

      Edit: I did my math super wrong. Sweden doesn’t have “much more” people at that age working, they have slightly fewer.

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            2 hours ago

            No offense, but then your first statement is a bit irrelevant, don’t you think?

            Obviously people here will work past 55, as the retirement age in Europe is somewhere between 60 and 68, depending on the actual country.

            Not saying seniors are living it large here, but I would be appalled to see an 80yo (have to) work as a delivery-person

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              2 hours ago

              I mean it’s more relevant than your original point because I actually have sources to back my claims up.

              And an 80 year old working to make ends meet is appalling and very rare here too, don’t think that we are okay with that. And I would imagine there are a few 80 year olds working in every country.

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      21 hours ago

      Let’s not be unreasonable, there can be multiple causes and multiple solutions.

      Those countries also used to have a more communal structure amongst families and that still was dismantled.

      But they actually implemented social programs and living wages making it not an issue.

      Also yes it is capitalism fault. It all is, including the dismantling of our communities to favor more isolated living. It’s design to separate us and disempower the worker.