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[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

It's not obvious. Low birth rates are completely sustainable, you just kill anyone who can't afford to retire and can't work anymore, and society functions perfectly well.

[-] SkyeStarfall 7 points 1 day ago

We have machines that can do the work of 100 people in the past

I'm sure that we could make it work without killing anyone

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

We also consume bullshit at 100 times the rate. People will be unhappy to see that go away. But yes, we produce more than enough for everyone as is.

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

While the alternative is everyone who is unable to wotk is killed anyway by the apathy of the system?

We are doing what you are describing already, in the system we currently live in.

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

What? In the current system we pay retired people money based on past employment as well as just for living long enough, in most countries. Japan can no longer do that soon because without taxing their young to poverty, they just don't have enough income to fund it.

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

If you think unemployment or SS pay a living wage you have things to go learn

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago

I specifically didn't mention SS and somehow you still bring the US into it in a thread about Japan.

I meant most of the world in general which is why I didn't name any such programs by name.

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago
[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

The US isn't the whole world. Other countries exist. We're not even talking about the US here.

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