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Id be curious to see how this pans out globally. Every news article I see points to younger workers getting punched in one manner or the other. It’s unsurprisin
by lumost 3y ago
Id be curious to see how this pans out globally. Every news article I see points to younger workers getting punched in one manner or the other. It’s unsurprising that workers forced to work 50+ hours a week +commute time don’t have time to build social tethers to a location.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoIt has already panned out: birth rates have cratered. And instead of looking at the obvious causes: economy and cliamter change are in the shitter, crap stressful jobs with long commutes that work you too hard and don't pay you enough to afford even a crappy overpriced property, people blame the youngsters for endulging in avocado toast, tinder, videogames and porn.
- Havoc 3y ago> how this pans out Social fabric collapses. At least in the western world. Many systems like pensions simple don’t work in the context of not enough stable families having babies. You can patch it with immigration but that gets you other social cohesion issues. All kinda scary
- pcthrowaway 3y ago> Social fabric collapses. At least in the western world. > Many systems like pensions simple don’t work in the context of not enough stable families having babies. > You can patch it with immigration but that gets you other social cohesion issues See: Canada. But the other effect of trying to keep government pension running with immigration is that we ran out of housing for new people to move into here a couple of years ago. It's pretty much Battle Royale for housing while wages have stagnated at best.
- ulfw 3y agoThe Eastern world is no different. China and Japan have record low birth rates and declining populations. Same goes for other advanced nations.