You. Will. Be. Old. Care for society's elderly is literally the charge of the young and abled. You will eventually reap those benefits after having paid your keep.
If you wouldn't say it's silly how much of society's expenses and taxes go toward child care and education another population that can't work to support themselves, then you're really just saying you don't care about old people because their "value" is already spent. This isn't even really an uncommon view, people will just openly say this about anyone with a disability that needs accommodation rather than saying it's our job to help them.
God rugged individualism is such a cancer on society.
If you wouldn't say it's silly how much of society's expenses and taxes go toward child care and education another population that can't work to support themselves, then you're really just saying you don't care about old people because their "value" is already spent. This isn't even really an uncommon view, people will just openly say this about anyone with a disability that needs accommodation rather than saying it's our job to help them.
God rugged individualism is such a cancer on society.