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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
That's a bogus argument that is being pushed by the Oligarchy who want us peasants to toil in the traces till we drop dead.
The main reason the average lifespan was so much lower back in the old days was due to the high rate of infant mortality and deaths from Childhood diseases. When you put a while bunch of zeros and single digits into the mix it tends to bring the average way down. People who made it to 65 back then had almost as many years left as they would today.
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Partially but not entirely. The average age for people who survive into adulthood today is significantly higher than it was in the 1930's.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/lifeexpect.html
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h980.html