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Honey, I shrunk my life - Taking “degrowth” seriously (www.adbusters.org)

submitted 7 months ago by MrMakabar to c/degrowth

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[–] jadero 1 points 7 months ago

I understand that different countries are different. If cancer is going to be a financial disaster at 70, it will also be a financial disaster at 50.

And you may have missed my point. My point was that debilitating health problems after 60 are not the norm, but the exception. Now that I'm past 60, I'm more likely to make it to 90 than I was at any other time in my past. And that same statement has been true for all of human existence! The life expectancy numbers we are most familiar with are almost exclusively the result of how we deal with infant mortality, pediatric illness, and the behaviors of adolescents. The first 20-30 years are far more risky than the last 20-30.

Not only that, if suicide is the painless way out, at least wait until the onset of pain!