“The U.S. is more problematic because it is harder hit by a range of issues that kill people even before they hit old age, including drug overdoses, shootings, obesity and inequities that make it hard for some people to get sufficient medical care.”

  • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    There was a Heinlein book where, to fight overpopulation on earth, they declared people over 65 legally dead and hence the worst you could be charged with for killing one was littering. I think about that a lot.