NO COUNTRY FOR THE ELDERLY

Straightforward as it might seem, science advancements have vehemently bettered our human life, even lifting us through the seemingly insurmountable wall of ill-fated life-expectancy. After all, we [as the least ageing generations] are getting better than our predecessors at jam-packing-the-planet, whilst staying latent longer than any of whom.

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Statistics revealed that the average global life expectancy in 1800s was barely 29, forasmuch as the figure could merely lethargically soared to 46 by the next century (1950). That said, even the the lowest-ranked countries by 2015 could overwhelm that modest figure; thus bringing the contemporary average life expectancy to as high as 71. Developed countries — the US, Japan or any Western country — have even recorded averages exceeding 80, insomuch as centenarians have long been many-of-a-kind.

Nevertheless, instead of ending up as the very sign of “contentment among the elder”, the skyrocketing senior population has rather bred many a social problem alongside. The most striking of which must be anticipations of future labor crises ; inasmuch as the national budgets on retired citizens — pensions…