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Having a huge population is extremely beneficial for leaders and for the so-called elite that profit from the pyramidal effect. But at the average individual l
by stephc_int13 3y ago
Having a huge population is extremely beneficial for leaders and for the so-called elite that profit from the pyramidal effect.
But at the average individual level, I am not so sure.
- xyzzy4747 3y agoYou need a large population to support big industries and it helps tech innovation as well.
- stephc_int13 3y agoTaiwan population is not that large (23M), and yet they can support a pretty convincing semiconductor industry. I agree that we need a reasonable amount of people to build and maintain large projects, millions, not billions.
- xyzzy4747 3y agoThey sell to a much larger population. If they could only sell to themselves they wouldn't have built such a large industry.
- PaulHoule 3y agoIf there are a lot of working people when you retire it is easy to pay for your retirement, both in the sense that they can pay taxes and in the sense that the growing economy makes the stock market grow up which makes private defined benefit or defined contribution plans work better. Billionaires benefit from it even more than you but you do benefit from it.