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The fertility only needs to be increased back to the level providing stable population size, it doesn't have to be ramped up to the level causing the population
by pi-e-sigma 3y ago
The fertility only needs to be increased back to the level providing stable population size, it doesn't have to be ramped up to the level causing the population to grow again.
- marssaxman 3y agoI see no reason we shouldn't stabilize the population at a size rather lower than the one we currently have. This is a problem our grandchildren can solve, if they want to.
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- pi-e-sigma 3y agoThe problem is our current economic system will not survive shrinking population. We know already that ever growing population is not sustainable, either. But the stable population size is still workable within the current system.
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- trealira 3y agoThe scheme of there being a retirement age when you get older relies on there being a lot more young than old people. If, hypothetically, there were a 50/50 split between the retired and the working, the living standards of the working would decline and working aged people wouldn't themselves be able to retire at the same age as those before them. They'd probably resent the old retired people and the previous generations for both having no children and retiring, leaving them to deal with the worsening living conditions.
- rufus_foreman 3y ago>> The scheme of there being a retirement age when you get older relies on there being a lot more young than old people No it doesn't. Young people need to be taken care of also. If there are fewer young people needing infant care, daycare, then education, that frees up resources that can take care of old people instead of taking care of young people. Today young people who go to college aren't productive for almost a quarter century. Average length of retirement is 18 years.