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jakeonthemove
on May 10, 2012
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When half a million Americans died and nobody noti...
Especially when a lot of today's 65+ year olds are more useful to society than most teenagers...
sp332
on May 10, 2012
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"Today's"? I think that is true in general :)
Pwnguinz
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I think he meant historically, when we were still either hunter-foragers or early agrarians. Elders were idle mouths that needed feeding, but provided minimal tangible benefits to the tribe at hand.
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