A Boring Dystopia

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This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pensions are a roman invention

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_retirement

Looks like it was just for those who served in the military, what did other people do?

In 1881,[3][4] the conservative German chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck, in a maneuver against Marxists who were burgeoning in power and popularity, announced that anyone over 70 years old would be forced to retire and that he would pay a pension to them

What did they do before 1881? Just keep working?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago

Usually, they died well before, or lived in wealth from the remaining wealth.