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I think people really fail to understand the gravity of an inverted demographic pyramid, going from 2 young people supporting 1 old, to 1 young person supportin
by reducesuffering 8mo ago
I think people really fail to understand the gravity of an inverted demographic pyramid, going from 2 young people supporting 1 old, to 1 young person supporting 2 old. That's .5 -> 2x, a 4x increase in burden (taxes / extra work).
- randycupertino 8mo agoBetter for the environment though. I know people who chose not to have kids because they were worried about climate change and overpopulation.
- hackable_sand 8mo agoWhat were these old people doing that they couldn't set up a sustainable system? Sounds lazy to me