Posted on 04/25/2015 5:07:09 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
George Bernard Shaw proffered the brilliant insight that “Youth is wasted on the young.” Thankfully, the old are becoming increasingly youthful, and this bodes well for civil society because wiser citizens will remain vigorous enough to quell the excesses of reckless youth.
Not only is human lifespan inexorably increasing, so too is health span. Remaining vital later in life, seniors will have the ability to extend their careers and delay dependence on Social Security. We will not only live longer but work longer; retirement will be a phase wherein works winds down gradually.
Similarly, an aging population concomitant with increased health-span will mean seniors experience fewer chronic, ageing-related diseases that disproportionately drain Medicare funds.
These sustainable trends in gerontology will rebuff Natural Selection’s imperative which favors the young but often leaves the old forlorn. Better geriatrics will foster development of more civil societies as judicious citizens remain vigorous, able to thwart rambunctious and capricious youth whose misguided endeavors often tear at the fabric of society.
Natural Selection is well suited in, well, nature. But we long ago discovered that the state of nature is not propitious to modern human subsistence. For sure, those who are strong, smart and sexy can dominate and revel in the joys of reproduction. But nature is not predisposed to traits that favor longevity; for example, hormones and calcium are beneficial in the young but produce complications in seniors. The weak, including the elderly, suffer the vicissitudes of a “might makes right” ethos where youthful appetites and aggression run amok.
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As average lifespan increases, it makes sense to raise the voting age.
In the interest of saving the country, women should not be allowed to vote. State budgets began to explode in those states that allowed females to vote before 1920.
IIRC, no Democrat—or only a couple of them—would have been President in the 20th Century, without the irrational, socialist votes of women.
Good grief. Old people are going to outbreed young people?
Never heard of menopause, I guess.
George Bernard Shaw wanted to exterminate the people he and his fellow Fabians determined to be useless.
So says an old guy.
This is all about making people work longer. I retired last October at 62. I made it!
I am amazed at my wisdom in old age....... it just bubbles up and demands to be shared
On my bulletin board over my desk........
Age and treachery will win out over youthful exuberance every time....
The older I get, the better I was....
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