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[quote=Anonymous]No anger here:) Traditional wealth transfer was the system in place (from father to son, including a profession and all skills from early on), which got dismantled due to changes in the society (industrial development, WW2, women entering workforce, technology) and resulting economic growth. It's over, but the old refuse to believe it, holding on to what's theirs and demanding more. How do you deal with aging family members when you live 1000s miles apart having built up your own life from scratch, which took decades, have a family and young kids? You have a mortgage, student loans, pay for daycare, schools, save for college? You don't, it's impossible. Realistically, the old will very likely overwhelm all systems: healthcare (hospitals and AL), financials (social security), housing market (staying in place), you name it. Add to this long life expectancy. We accept it, because we don't know what else to do, there has never been a society with so many old people holding so much wealth living so long. Most likely it'll indeed evolve into technology based care for us (robots) and we have to get used to it. Just like we got used to kids' daycares and all-day schools. We don't expect our kids to do brain operations on us, we also need to get used to the reality that lawyers, doctors, college professors or anyone else who spent years getting their life on track are not the people who are going to buy our groceries, clean our houses or change our diapers. I can guarantee you'll not be able to manipulate current young to the same degree as us middle-aged folk with your "moral obligation" talk. Because moral obligation also used to work both ways. [/quote]

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