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I think a lot of these decisions are bad, but the real problem of declining, aging population is there. Governments that don't have immigration to bolster the w
by aprilthird2021 3y ago
I think a lot of these decisions are bad, but the real problem of declining, aging population is there. Governments that don't have immigration to bolster the working age population end up like Japan, with an economy that shrinks after a boom and never returns.
The problem of what to do with a shrinking, aging population, and governments, economies, etc. which are not built for declines in growth is something no one has solved yet. And the problem needs to be addressed somehow. If people don't want to have kids, these kinds of policies will keep coming because the problem isn't going away
- transcriptase 3y agoI’m not convinced of the premise that the population of a given nation needs to always be growing to remain functional. It’s illogical in the purest sense, and if the systems in place rely on infinite growth then the systems are not sustainable and need to be reconsidered. A society shouldn’t be shoehorned into a lower quality of life under the assumption that infinite growth is not only possible but necessary, simply because the constituents of the S&P 500 operate under that assumption.
- aprilthird2021 3y agoMost of the things government provide (like infrastructure) are built to accommodate a certain number of people. The costs of these things don't decrease as population shrinks. So logically the tax burden will be high per capita as it gets spread across less people and cannot realistically be shrunk (because infrastructure maintenance still costs the same even if less people use it).