Re:Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic ...
by AgentOrange1234 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:08PM
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I think you’re right that I’m proposing that the standard of living can be scaled back.
You see this as a societal collapse, and that’s a fine take. I’m not sure it’s a collapse. I think it’s a choice.
We’ve made that choice, and hey, I like my house and my car and my pool. There are benefits. But I also work my ass off. Is it really necessary?
Anyway, there are many countries where folks live far less extravagantly than Japan…
Re:Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic ...
by og_kalu on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:28PM
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Any "choice" that is made suddenly and outside your control is not a choice.
>Anyway, there are many countries where folks live far less extravagantly than Japan…
Lol yes and they're all striving to get out of that for obvious reasons.
Re:Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic ...
by AgentOrange1234 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:11PM
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Society has a collective choice to make, I mean. Obviously none of us individually have any real power here.
I just think there are possible alternatives to “everyone continues to work full time regardless of how productive we become.”
You're not getting it. It doesn't matter who works where. Even then, an average worker could only provide the average standard for him and two dependants. That ratio hasn't changed. Only the standard of living has.
If your "solution" is to cut back the standard of living for everyone then I'm sorry but that is absolutely a societal collapse.
People need to work to live in society. As long as that is true then this is an actual problem with at best very painful solutions.