It’s struck a few people as odd that in rapidly ageing societies, we’re doing nothing to prevent mass deaths…

It’s struck a few people as odd that in rapidly ageing societies, we’re doing nothing to prevent mass deaths of the old from Covid. You’d think old societies would look after the old. Another beautiful window into the actual culture we live in. All societies are social. 1/3

Why doesn’t this anomaly register? Because the old DON’T THINK OF THEMSELVES AS OLD. That literally defines ‘boomer’ culture. Eternal youth. There’s no pushback here because that would mean restricting this culture of eternal youth. 2/3

The travelling, recreational lifestyles that now define end-of-life. We can’t save our fellow old Covid victims because then we can’t travel and eat out and go to gigs. It’s as simple as that. /end