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DanArmak comments on Why people want to die - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanArmak 31 August 2015 05:17:12PM 3 points [-]

Retirement implies not working in order to earn money to survive. If the Romans in question had to work their farms, they weren't retired. But if e.g. they were given enough money to buy and keep slaves who did all of the work, then they could fairly be said to have retired.