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In other words, let our population continue to shrink. Perfect for the "elite" who get to coast on trust funds while the unemployed poors die off. Not so perf
by BrianOnHN 6y ago
In other words, let our population continue to shrink.
Perfect for the "elite" who get to coast on trust funds while the unemployed poors die off.
Not so perfect when an outside force decides to declare war.
- ArkanExplorer 6y agoFalling population leads to cheaper housing, higher wages, less congestion for government services and infrastructure. More affordable housing is a major factor in fertility rates, so eventually the population just finds a stable equilibrium. Increasing population leads to the opposite - the elites are the ones pushing for mass-immigration, since they benefit from rising land prices and lower wages.
- BrianOnHN 6y ago"A stable equilibrium" might as well read stagnation. How do you suppose we incentive competition in stagnation?
- PeterisP 6y agoProsperity IMHO means a growth in per-capita wealth. On the other hands, "the elites" may prefer a growth in total wealth (since part of that growth accumulates to them) through a population increase even if it comes at the cost of decrease in per-capita wealth for the actual society.
- medium_burrito 6y agoWe can even speed up the process by letting the poors have unlimitied opiates!
- selimthegrim 6y agoTell BoJack! You've solved the drug problem in America!