re: Cost of living an inflation is bad, so why do people keep doing useless things

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Every generation before was comfortable enough to tithe away savings to retire at say 60-65.

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Every generation?

Social security was started in 1935. Less than 100 years ago.
Pensions started in the late 1800s to about 1920.
Retirement as a concept has not been around that long.

Of course, people had much shorter lives back then as well.