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The new project is clearly out to teach us things and does, specifically why the Hemsworths travel so far north to prompt the elder Hemsworth’s recollections.

The American caregiving system is failing because it was never designed for a society of aging singles, widowed elders, adult children living states away and a shrinking labor pool.

“If the retirement system continues as it is, there will be increased elder poverty,” said Matt Bahl, vice president at the Financial Health Network.

Then this recurring cycle will begin again, as a new generation begins to enter the market and make fun of their elders for being foolishly risk-averse and old-fashioned.

Owen’s elders—his aging American cousins, maybe once-removed—had a good year.