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Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford by ckdarby on Saturday April 18, 2020 @01:06PM (#22909129)
> I don't know how long it will keep going

It ends in the next 8-14 years. First time event where retiring class > working class. Population growth assumed to be equal or higher for every subsequent generation back 50 years ago.

Wait until those surplus programs stop becoming surplus. If you look now and think inequality is bad now, wait, it gets a lot worst.

Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford by arbitrary_name on Saturday April 18, 2020 @01:28PM (#22909324)
Do you have good demographic data to share? Would love to dive deeper.
Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford by ckdarby on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:27PM (#22939002)
This book does better justice than I could ever: Sleeping on a Volcano: The Worldwide Demographic Decline and the Economic and Geopolitical Implications