#nonliving — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.sapiens.org/culture/elder-care-peru-margins/

Is this our #Humanity?

"Many who are growing old in precarious socioeconomic circumstances lack power and a voice. Under a #capitalist world order that often characterizes them as a #burden to the #economy, many marginalized elders are effectively treated as #nonliving beings and are left to die both #biologically and #socially.

“This is the place where they deposit us as if we were #useless, #expired, not being able to offer anything to society,” Anita told me of her life at La Merced. “We live in this institution devoid of #connection, #hope, and #support. Who cares if a few poor older adults in places such as this one are dying alone and abandoned? The world, our society, even our #children have turned their backs away from us.”

The risk we all run under Business As Usual.