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Re:MIT Predicted Society Will Collapse in 2040. Research Sho... by fsloth on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @02:09PM (#27836267)
"Oh and China is now suggesting 3 kids per couple will be to tolerated..."

China came up with the same problem that all developed economies have come up against - low birthrate, and the all the economic baggage that comes with it.

I find it unlikely the party could pump up birth rate just by dictate though.

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Re:MIT Predicted Society Will Collapse in 2040. Research Sho... by giantg2 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @02:28PM (#27836556)
The problem is thinking of it as a problem. You can't have a sustainable system that requires birthrate (really a proxy for output and consumption) that increases infinitely.
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Re:MIT Predicted Society Will Collapse in 2040. Research Sho... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @06:38PM (#27839353)
It is absolutely a problem if population shrinks too fast. There is a threshold where the young literally can't feed care for the elderly.
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Re:MIT Predicted Society Will Collapse in 2040. Research Sho... by giantg2 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:44AM (#27843637)
And we are nowhere near shrinking too fast, especially since industrialization and automation provide the ability for a couple people to provide food/care for many.
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Re:MIT Predicted Society Will Collapse in 2040. Research Sho... by s1artibartfast on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:04PM (#27847924)
Depends on what you mean by we. This is a real concern in countries like Japan, China, and Korea. Less on the food side, and more on care and services side.
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