Is retirement still a right of the working class—or has it become a dated dream? In this episode, Britt and Whit uncover how retirement was never meant to support long lives or large populations. From Augustus’s military pensions to Bismarck’s strategy to quell unrest, they show how political motives and short life expectancies shaped the systems we now depend on. It’s a wake-up call for modern investors to take control and craft a retirement plan built for reality, not outdated rules.