It's already here in a lesser form in the form of death panels.
"Need heart surgery? You're too old for that. Here's a brochure to give you advice on settling your affairs."
"Need back surgery? You're too old for that, so here's a brochure on how to deal with constant pain for the rest of your life, which will likely be short anyway even though some people have lived to be over 100 with it."
Just culling the old and weak. They wouldn’t be able to make their production quota in the work camps anyway. Commies gonna commie. Hope you aren’t on their list of political enemies.
It's already here in a lesser form in the form of death panels.
"Need heart surgery? You're too old for that. Here's a brochure to give you advice on settling your affairs."
"Need back surgery? You're too old for that, so here's a brochure on how to deal with constant pain for the rest of your life, which will likely be short anyway even though some people have lived to be over 100 with it."
Just culling the old and weak. They wouldn’t be able to make their production quota in the work camps anyway. Commies gonna commie. Hope you aren’t on their list of political enemies.
I actually got the reverse of the second one!
"Need back surgery? You're too YOUNG for that."
Apparently there's this golden window of age ranges.