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reducesufferingyesterday at 4:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think people really fail to understand the gravity of an inverted demographic pyramid, going from 2 young people supporting 1 old, to 1 young person supporting 2 old. That's .5 -> 2x, a 4x increase in burden (taxes / extra work).


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hackable_sandyesterday at 10:31 PM

What were these old people doing that they couldn't set up a sustainable system?

Sounds lazy to me

randycupertinoyesterday at 7:26 PM

Better for the environment though. I know people who chose not to have kids because they were worried about climate change and overpopulation.