• ikt@aussie.zone
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    8 hours ago

    i mean ruling class // basic economics

    lots of old people + more pensions + more healthcare costs + less young people working = young people pay more taxes + work harder for less = a bad thing

    outside of some techno fantasy solution where robots care for the elderly (how dystopian in itself) having more old people than young people is never a good thing

    • feannag@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      But it’s good for the current old people that can exploit the labor of a larger young population and then die before they have to deal with the fallout.