society with a maximum age limit theme

We imagine a society in which people may not live beyond a certain age. They may for example be killed or exiled once they reach a specific age.

5 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 2 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
tng4x22 choice Timicin's society had an age limit of 65, upon which people were expected and required to kill themselves
futurama2x10 major People were hauled off by robots to a retirement world upon reaching the age of 160.
movie: Logans Run (1976) major We saw a computer-run society in which a stable population was maintained through indoctrinating people with the belief that that ritual suicide was a necessity of life.
movie: The Last Child (1971) minor The government implemented a policy to stop supplying senior citizens with life saving medicines in an effort to prevent overpopulation.
shortstory: The Last Man (1929) minor People were generally put into gas chambers when they could no longer work for twelve hours per day.