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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Economies are only screwed with declining birthrate if the goal is unlimited growth. What will happen if the trend continues is stability. Stability is bad for empire building types. It leaves less room for manipulation.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

In any country with public healthcare, there is a problem with how to afford to care for the elderly when the population contains more elderly people needing expensive healthcare than working people paying the taxes that fund it. This seems like a problem that extends beyond capitalism's growth-seeking. It's an issue of how to achieve stability.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That is the hole you dig with the myth of unlimited growth. No doubt the correction will be somewhat uncomfortable.

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