• Justas🇱🇹
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    25 months ago

    When all the countries go below replacement levels, where are we going to get the immigrants from then? Outer space?

    • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      75 months ago

      If all countries go below replacement levels we’ll be in a wonderful position because we’ll be able to feed and provide for everyone. That’s a looong way off though.

      • Justas🇱🇹
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        -25 months ago

        Not necessarily. Pension systems will be strained, many economies of scale might break down, infrastructure might become too expensive to maintain with reduced taxpayer funding. Most young people will work to support old people leaving little leftover economic potential for anything else.

        A lot of people think that we can solve it with automation, but initial investment required to do that might become too expensive before it becomes necessary.