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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 15 points 2 days ago (14 children)

I still don't understand how a falling population leads to a society crumbling.

The only thing a reduction in population does is make domestic labor more expensive. If that increase in expense outpaces the product of your society, that's not on the population, that's on the sustainability of the society.

And that's only the capitalist way of looking at it.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Supporting the older, non-working, population is expensive. You need enough workers paying in to those systems that support them.

[–] chonomaiwokurae@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

Yeah, and not only paying in but actually working the labour intensive health/elderly care jobs.

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