you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 9 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Look at long term trends, population is already dropping in East Asia and Europe

Sure, there might be more people in Nigeria, but they are not paying into your retirement

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Yeah maybe this way of handling retirement doesn't work? It's clearly a pyramid scheme.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    Obviously, but how do you fix it without getting more workers? No scheme would work without people doing work.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Where are you going to get new doctors if everyone in your society is 70 years old

    Nurses are now optional? EMTs? Firefighters? Military personnel? Police?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Enjoy being conquered by another country if you don't have a military. Sure, the species will survive, but you may not

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments