I've seen what Koreans did in their north/south split. A country doesn't have to collapse when the population gets too old. South Korea's definitely a country that would start putting old people in ditches rather than ruin themselves trying to support them. Middle aged ladies in Korea better enjoy themselves whilst they can.
A non-insignificant amount of old people right now would agree to it regardless of starving or not, because they are simply ready to die. Not even suicidally, but just to stop fighting off the ravages of age.
We just force them to stay alive, often against their own will, because a lot of people are horrifically selfish about holding onto them or just cannot comprehend someone not being afraid to die. So we stick them in homes, force them into hospitals, and generally just violate their entire autonomy.
I've seen what Koreans did in their north/south split. A country doesn't have to collapse when the population gets too old. South Korea's definitely a country that would start putting old people in ditches rather than ruin themselves trying to support them. Middle aged ladies in Korea better enjoy themselves whilst they can.
Ancient Japanese in desperate times would carry their elderly parents to the nearby mountain and leave them to die.
A non-insignificant amount of old people right now would agree to it regardless of starving or not, because they are simply ready to die. Not even suicidally, but just to stop fighting off the ravages of age.
We just force them to stay alive, often against their own will, because a lot of people are horrifically selfish about holding onto them or just cannot comprehend someone not being afraid to die. So we stick them in homes, force them into hospitals, and generally just violate their entire autonomy.