Who are they?
I’m 42, overweight, and poor. I’m an elderly middle-aged person who’s maybe got 20-25 years to go.
Something like, “I’m alive, in fairly good health, and I do not define my value by how much I’m able to work or how many years I have left to live.”
73 seems pretty low. It’s 77,28 years in the US and 81,41 here in the Netherlands.
Still, it’s weird people call 50 middle aged when it’s more like 40.
73 years is the life expectancy of a men in the US. Females tend to get 5-6 years older than men.
Ethnicity, as well as economic resources also play a huge role.
Even your zip code is an indicator:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/life-expectancy/index.html
Well but 50 makes sense though you are kinda useless in your first 20-25 years then you start working acquiring experience etc 25 years later you are in the middle then 25 years later you die
I thought it’s because it’s the middle of your adult life. 50 is the midpoint between 20 and 80.
Exactly. This guy working to 65 because he’s been tricked, not because he needs to.
Dude, most of us would stop working if we could, and those that would keep working would only be doing it because they enjoy it. Nobody’s getting tricked into working longer.
“Coerced” would be a better term, but I think the idea behind “tricked” is that there’s a wealth of propaganda that normalizes dedicating your life to your career and defining yourself by your vocation. We’re being decieved by people who profit by maintaining the status quo, even when the status quo is harmful.
