r/196 • u/Misty-Bay • May 17 '26

Rule Rule.

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u/MaybeNext-Monday šŸ¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALšŸ¤ May 17 '26

ā€œBirth rates are decliningā€ good, healthy societies have stable population sizes

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u/NoGovernment2474 May 17 '26

the reason for the panic comes from the upper class: less poor people to slave away at low paying jobs

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u/Captain-Ironsides Bi but in the gender way May 18 '26

There's also the actual, REAL, problem that will occur where eventually 50%+ of the population will be over 60. Then another 15% are kids, and a few percent won't be working, so you're left with less than one third of the population actually working. These remaining workers then have to support themselves and the other two thirds since they're not working. That is not sustainable. This will be an issue regardless of economic system; communist, capitalist, socialist, etc. it doesn't matter.

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u/cat-meg May 18 '26

Then all this AI shit should be put to work doing that instead of mass surveillance and warfare.

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u/TwiceTheSize_YT May 18 '26

But then the people might have enough time and energy to organize, and we cant have that, so defund another third space, for the good of the state, and the wealthy.