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China is aging as well, their percentage of working adults peaked recently and is now declining. Interestingly while Europe has this problem as well, the US d
by poutine 11y ago
China is aging as well, their percentage of working adults peaked recently and is now declining.
Interestingly while Europe has this problem as well, the US does not thanks in a large part due to immigration.
- Daishiman 11y agoThe issue is that the immigrants are also having less children, and the countries where they're from are also drastically reducing their birth rates. Honestly, as an environmentalist it's not a bad thing at all, since the peak in resource consumtion will come about either because of a voluntary population reduction, or catastrophic mismanagement of growth. However, we probably have never had a similar situation in human history, and I don't know how our economies will adapt.
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