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• tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Got a summary? I know the onus is on me, but I’m not likely to dig much further

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  • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Within 50 years the population will shrink to 70% of current levels with 40ish percent of the total population being elderly.

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    • Tyfud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Within 50 years, the whole world population is going to shrink dramatically, and it will have nothing to do with declining birth rates.

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      • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        That’s an interesting claim. Where are you getting that idea? Are you suggesting climate change will do this without decreasing birth rates?

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    • tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yeah, but that’s only a problem if elderly orderlies is an underpaid job that no one wants, and if people can’t afford to live when choosing such a profession.

      If the economy adjusts or society adjusts such that caring for the elderly is a highly sought out and secure job that can easily pay a mortgage, what’s the issue?

      This is what I mean when I say they will crash and adjust.

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      • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        There aren’t enough tax payers paying into the system to sustain the end of life care, retirement funds/pensions/social security equivalents that an elderly population that large. when you have a 1:1 ratio of people paying in vs paying out your assistance levels will be extremely weak.

        No nation can sustain that large of an elder population. It’s not economically viable.

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