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Old people eventually can’t work and need people to take care of them. The more working people there are per non-working person, the easier this is. Birth rates
by opportune 3y ago
Old people eventually can’t work and need people to take care of them. The more working people there are per non-working person, the easier this is. Birth rates dropping to half of replacement levels means there will decades, maybe even centuries, of unprecedented low worker:retiree ratios.
- cute_boi 3y ago1 young people can easily manage more than 4 old people? I think it is not just worker:retiree ratios. We will have more machines and automation too..
- fzeroracer 3y agoThat math simply isn't true, because one old person with dementia can take a whole family to manage. And it requires them to destroy their lives to do so.
- Ekaros 3y agoI think we as society has to come to harsh realization that keeping people alive past time when they can self-function with certain level of support is coming to end. Unless they have enough wealth stored away to pay for it. It is very scary thought, but as cynic or realist it seems only solution.