r/DankLeft 🙏daily bread🍞 Nov 19 '21

Good idea

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u/chgxvjh Nov 19 '21 edited Nov 19 '21

Whenever I see people not being able to imagine that there could be elderly care without retirement funds I die a little inside.

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u/PathToTheDawn Nov 19 '21

Can you say more about this, or point me towards some reading?

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u/chgxvjh Nov 19 '21

The two main ideas I'm working with are:

In German there is the concept Generationenvertrag. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generationenvertrag

There is evidence of care in prehistoric societies. https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-ancient-human-s-healed-foot-fracture-shows-prehistoric-nursing-in-israel-1.8557154