And there are a dozen modern 1st world democracies out there right now with functioning pension systems for taking care of retirees, and they are doing way better than we are, where the old are provided for, their rent is subsidized (and even house payments to varying degrees), and they receive enough to have a reasonable retirement at a reasonable age. For most developed countries that is around 66 years. They are seeing an increase in the full retirement age in many developed countries because they are all facing a bubble as the boomers all retire, which has been raising the age for retirement. But still, most every other developed nation has this figured out. Why are we so stuck on this ****? Why can't we figure it out as well? Mainly the answer to that is 2-fold: 1) the 2-party system which makes it so there is little to no competition of ideas, hence nothing driving to get to the best solutions, and 2) lobbying or "legal bribery" which keeps the rich in charge and the politicians in their pockets. We are the only major developed democratic nation with only 2 political parties. We are also one of the only countries that allows lobbying as unfettered as we do, where even the Supreme Court can be bought off by billionaires and have it brought to light, complete with evidence, yet with ZERO consequences. The only other nations that fit this mold are authoritarian regimes, like Russia, Venezuela, and Turkey, where the authoritarians have already taken over. They have 2 political parties or fewer and allow billionaires to control their politicians, while the rich get richer. We have devolved until we have more in common with these dictatorships than we do with any of the other democracies around the world. Trump seizing full power will complete our transformation to Russia-West.
