I've noticed that stories about the birth-rate crisis - or about the affordable housing crisis, or similar "the old and the 1% impose ever-heavier burdens on th

I've noticed that stories about the birth-rate crisis - or about the affordable housing crisis, or similar "the old and the 1% impose ever-heavier burdens on the young and the 99%" trends - always assume that social stability is unbreakable. Sadly, I suspect that comforting assumption will prove horribly wrong.