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If there are less kids, the ability to pay for your pension fund in 40 years time will be much much harder than it is today. So barring other fundamental change
by ghiculescu 4y ago
If there are less kids, the ability to pay for your pension fund in 40 years time will be much much harder than it is today. So barring other fundamental changes, more kids will help.
Most other problems on earth will be solved by more technology.
- edgyquant 4y agoThis is an issue with the pension system. I don’t believe we’re overpopulated but it is clearly a bad system when it relies on a constant flow of more children
- ghiculescu 4y agoThere’s many problems with the pension system, but the fact it requires humanity to continue to reproduce isn’t one of them.
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoIt requires humanity to grow its numbers, this making it a pyramid scheme.
- Qem 4y agoGrowth helps, but it's not required. What is actually required is stability in the age pyramid. The problem is we transitioned suddenly from high growth to a population crash. Now the age pyramid resembles more a propane tank shape, and the pension system went haywire. A very slow transition would be easier to adapt to.
- edgyquant 4y agoNot what I said. That it requires an increasing number of children to adults to continue is the issue. Personal retirement accounts is a much better alternative.