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Intergenerational Fairness

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Equity begins with having decent living conditions

There is talk of equity, of thinking together, of integrating etc. Youth already has many things in common with the elderly. One is poverty. Retirees who barely make ends meet with their pension after working a lifetime many times and young people working full time (hopefully what they have studied) but with insufficient wages to become independent or save for the future. They also have loneliness and social networks in common: Young people have millions of friends online, 24/7 online contact but they feel lonely and weird because they compare themselves to those who come out on the net and who seem to have perfect lives. The elderly, on the other hand, are disconnected from a world that has set them apart. They are digitally illiterate and everything they were used to in everyday life has changed without taking them into account. Some are not even able to get the pension out of the bank if they have to do it at an ATM. Due to the speed and multitude of tasks and spending time on networks, some do not have time and the others no one who dedicates it to talk or simply know if they are okay. And finally, uncertainty and lack of hope. Some because they do not see a long-term future, which makes it difficult for them to have housing, children etc. And the others knowing that they are in the final stretch and that probably, despite what they imagined and want, they will die alone and / or unattended by a society that does not have time or resources to invest in them.

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