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Yeah, my grandfather on one side(over 80)and my great grandfather on the other kept at it taking care of their respective livestock till almost the day they dropped, same with my paternal grandmother. She kept on working in her vegetable garden until a stroke took her out and passed away some...

Yeah, not exactly. The extended family and the whole Patre Familias thing we're huge in Greco-Roman civilization and marriages and respect for elders was a big part of rheic civilization. Similarly with the Slavs the main and most important institution was the free village municipality, the...

Family, extended family, small local community like a village. We are not optimized to function in an oversized society with a nanny state.

I also think it has something to do with it: 1) Being populated by overseas Chinese, so lots of Confucian social elements that emphasize education, order and "harmony" 2) British common law. 3) The fact that they were surrounded by enemies and thoroughly fucked over economically basically forced...

Yeah, one nice thing about being an independent contractor with my own LLC is that I can decide how much I pay into the local retirement scam and how much goes into other things like stocks, bonds and the like after the 15% tax on profits after insurance and other contributions and...

I agree, although I doubt we will be able to get rid of entitlements completely, since let us face it, most people are dumb and shortsighted and we will never get rid of state-backed and taste provided pensions, but IMHO those should be linked to not just years of work but also social...

One is an upward spiral that leads to a larger telent pool, a younger and more productive population and more innovations, with a society that is more homogenous. The other leads to higher taxes on productive people, a population decline and an attempt by idiot aged politicians to fix the...

Well, the boomers decided to vote themselves overly generous blanket pensions but neglected to have enough children to support the tax base, and many of these generous retirement plans only accounted for sum 70 years average lifespan, so... As much as I despise Jupiter I am kinda in agreement...

Though it was hyperventilating posturing and lazyness, myself.

Maybe there is a good reason why the national emblem of France is a Rooster. The noise those produce is greater than the actual effort they put into things.

Hopefully this is just the start of Macaroniface's problems.

I think they mostly move between Republic and Monarchy. Who would be the king, though? Anyways, cue the happening gif:

There was a Danish study, 70% or some similar massive number of theri welfare spending, which is a major portion of their government budget went to migrant welfare. EDIT: Denmark Says Non-Western Immigration Cost State Nearly $5 Billion Per Year

Also coming here to colonize and grift off of the west's welfare systems.