• k0e3@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Why should a selfish pay for a turtle’s retirement when they’re not even the same species?

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      3 days ago

      That might be, but this is how things work in a society with a poverty problem and no social securities. This is how it has always worked. Except that 200 years ago you also had to account for the high mortality rate of children, so you had 6 kids in stead of 2.

      I’m not saying this is how you should do it, I’m saying this is the situation to which we’re returning if we stay this course.