• facepainter@lemm.ee
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    18 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.

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world
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      2 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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      18 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.