Yes I agree about ANYONE attacking others, and the disrespect of “young” for elder.
Incidentally, as one who studies history AND graveyards a good deal, 55 has NEVER been “old” per se. Yes medical and so on help, but that has less to do with “retarding age” than just keeping alive. Same happens comparing SAME-ERA wildlife - in the wild (no help), vs captivity (good medical and nutrition).
Don’t believe the meaning of “average death age” - it’s brought down alot by death in/after childbirth, and diseases ravaging children as well as other younger healthy people. That does not mean people started bowing forward and shuffling their feet at the age of 45.
the averages have gone up- thanks to better nutrition, better health care, better lifestyles (in the old days- people worked very hard- and the bodies just wore out sooner from the abuse-) But- there is a reversing trend- too many folks, while eating better perhaps, are sitting around and not getting enough exercise- I do think more people are becoming a little more concerned about diet- on the whole- Back i n the 70’s 80’s etc people didn’t think much about diet- today though, I think it’s trending towards people getting a little more serious about watching what they eat- somewhat at least- I thin possibly we’ll see the grossly obese numbers start to come down a bit - but one thing that isn’t helping the average age rate is welfare- once folks get on that- they basically give up trying- get lazy, eat horribly- so that contributes to early deaths too-
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Life was brutal back when (Think pioneer days)- life was super hard, and families had to work like dogs and often didn’t have adequate food and nutrition especially in winter months- and their bodies, their bones etc suffered because of it- and when they got things like blown disks, arthritis in knees etc- they couldn’t go have them replaced- they had to be wheelchair bound for the rest of their lives in many cases- They also didn’t know much about proper nutrition- like getting enough calcium to keep bones healthy etc-
While death age rate was influenced by young dying early, and childbirth being so dangerous etc- super brutal living conditions, unsanitary conditions, weakened immune systems due to the hard life etc also played a major role-
The ‘average age’ thing is a very complex issue- lots of things factor into it- good genes certainly play a significant role- but much better health care also is a significant contributor-