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by jebarker 920 days ago
> I agree that I don't see people "wanting to be independent ... in order to maintain wealth"

One way in which I see this is that people move away from parents/relatives or outsource their care so that they can focus on their careers in middle age.

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> One way in which I see this is that people move away from parents/relatives or outsource their care so that they can focus on their careers in middle age.

(Assuming they are paying for outsourcing their care), TFA would include that on the communal side of things, given explicit examples of immigrants sending money back home and black Rhodesian workers financially supporting their extended families.