# More proof of human insanity **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics and Social Issues\ **Created:** [May 13, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/more-proof-of-human-insanity/11977 "2026-05-13T22:43:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/more-proof-of-human-insanity/11977/9 "2026-05-15T19:43:12Z")
> [@thatoneguy](#): > > The problem is many societies like China have a huge aging population This is the insanity, that the problem of spending massive amounts of money on ourselves at the end of our lives is not mentioned when discussing this “aging population.” Why anyone thinks it’s their problem what I choose to do with my life didn’t make sense when I was a teenager and makes much less sense now. Discussing end of life options is still taboo, as we saw with the cries of how Obamacare was going to kill grandma. If you think about how we talk about starving children, the discussion gets even more insane. We didn’t solve the Malthusian problem of population growth outstripping resources, we just delayed it a generation or so. We could have spent that time talking about it instead of creating more flavors of Doritos and fighting wars as if using resources somehow creates more resources. Have you forgotten that you said this? > [@When It's Time to Go](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/when-its-time-to-go/7530): > > One of the biggest reasons for the lockdowns and overall high level of fear about coronavirus is that America is more or less a gerontocracy. We are not as bad as Europe, but we’re close enough. Most of our politicians are old and most of the people who vote for them are old; and they’re not just any oldsters – they are Boomers. Talk of death has been common all over the place this year including on this forum, and it makes you wonder what age is too old? What might be an ideal life span? Yo… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/more-proof-of-human-insanity/11977)._