yumyumnom t1_jb1vwd0 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 8:18 PM

Reply to comment by KingJaredoftheLand in A duo of 81-year-old women are on the adventure of a lifetime: Seeing the world in 80 days by OregonTripleBeam

I mean, it isn’t really tho. There are still going to be plenty of people doing this type of thing that are young now especially given how much healthier people that are young now will be in old age.

Sure you could argue fewer people will have this level of economic freedom but ain’t like it’s gonna be 0.

KingJaredoftheLand t1_jb1xxnz wrote on March 5, 2023 at 8:32 PM

I wish you were right. But you’re vastly underestimating the affect that automation and climate change in particular are going to have on societies worldwide. These issues represent two apocalyptic horizons - one economic and one environmental - which are going to make this whole unsustainable capitalist economic system come crashing down, likely within the lifetimes of current young people.