culling the herd

the pandemic “...from an entirely disinterested economic perspective, might even prove mildly beneficial in the long term by disproportionately culling elderly dependents.”
    -- Jeremy Warner, economics columnist, Daily Telegraph

I’ve got bad news, haters: Waiting for my generation to die is not a viable political option. Millions of us will still be voting in 11, 12, 15, 20 years, as we lose our last chances to save the planet and prevent economic collapse. This planet’s chances may breathe their last before we do.
    -- Richard Eskow

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