• enbyecho@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    65 is supposed to be the age of retiremenr for a normal career

    “Supposed to”

    In Washington DC it’s 67. In Virginia it’s 61. In 1991 it was 57. It’s based on arbitrary convention, not for any medical reason.

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        5 months ago

        Well, that should be standardized then, and 65 seems like a nice median

        Based on what?

        I’ve known high energy 80 year olds who were sharp as a tack and 50 year olds with early onset dementia or who were just plain nuts to begin with.

        This isn’t about age.

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          5 months ago

          Well a law is a hell of a lot harder to enforce if it’s not drawing a line somewhere in the sand, and I’d rather disqualify someone we should than qualify someone we shouldn’t

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            5 months ago

            Perfectly happy to draw a line in the sand, it should just be based on what we care about - competence, intelligence, experience, not being a raging psychopath… that kind of thing. Saying 65 is too old is no better than saying 35 is too young.