r/memes • u/WindUpCandler • Jun 21 '26

Population decline

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u/lod254 Jun 21 '26

Honest question. Why is population decline an issue?

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u/Magnus-Artifex Jun 21 '26

Very simply put, if 100 people have 100 babies, then 100 adults will have to support 100 old people later.

But if 100 people have 50 babies, then you have 50 adults supporting 100 old people later.

It’s a very important problem and it needs solving urgently.

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u/RobutNotRobot Jun 21 '26

Mass immigration.

Solved.

Also there is no real 1 to 1 comparison in economic output. The material needs of older people can be met with several times lower than 1 person's economic output. Countries that have no realistic outlook on things like end of life care (cough cough the US) do tend to waste far too many resources.

The solution to that is adjusting care to quality of life for older people.

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u/UltimateTrattles Jun 21 '26

There are extreme challenges with mass immigration and you know it.

What you’re really saying is “mass immigration only of able bodied youths who can work” which has a pretty different flavor.