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> This is why immigration, which skews very young, is vital. Immigrants are also retirees to take care of in the future. You can replace a whole population wit
by spriggan3 10y ago
> This is why immigration, which skews very young, is vital.
Immigrants are also retirees to take care of in the future. You can replace a whole population with immigrants from the third world you'll still have to the same problem 50 years later. Mass immigration is a short sided policy than doesn't fix any long term issue.
- pcrh 10y agoActually, the survival curve of the population is "squaring" [1]. That means that even while the average age of the population is increasing, the age of the oldest is not increasing at the same rate. The consequence is that the recent increase in the ratio of younger to older people will not continue to increase at the same rate, and will plateau. This also means that increased immigration will increase the current ratio of younger to older but not increase the relative burden of the old later on. [1] https://i.imgur.com/ONRm4Ep.png https://i.imgur.com/ONRm4Ep.png
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- vkou 10y agoWe barely solve problems 10 years in the future. Having a plan in place to put off a problem for 50 years would be very long-term thinking.