The Empire Calls Back
India’s phone scam industry targets the elderly to the tune of billions each year. Its secret weapon? The loss of communal public life and family support.
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Aging
“Patriots never live idly by reason of their old age. China had people such as Ma Fu Po. Our country had people such as Ly Thuong Kiet. The older they grew, the more energetic and heroic they became....
Our children are young, they will do heavy work. We are old, we cannot do heavy work, but leaning on our sticks, we will take the lead to encourage them and impart our experiences to them. We are elders, we must sincerely unite first to set an example to our children.”
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“We deserve to die in ways that are less mediated by capitalism.”
Features
How Death Became Big Business
Instead of caring for the elderly, corporate interests are looking out for their bottom line.
“‘Population aging’ has been almost synonymous with austerity and market reform.”
Front Matters
“We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit.”
Cultural Capital
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The International
“The superrich’s quest for immortality is the logical end point of its lust for power and desire to operate without constraint.”
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