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Re:Young adults report lower life satisfaction in Sweden by trgn on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:03PM (#46876467)
somewhat tangential, but most interesting phenomeon is the phaseshift non-boomers will undergo when they're around 45, surveying what's left, realizing how much they have paid into the system already, and desperate to claim the same rewards. it's a perpetuum mobile. if it needs to end, the young will have to wrestle it from their seniors _now_, because that gap closes fast.
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Re:Young adults report lower life satisfaction in Sweden by marcosdumay on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:20PM (#46876698)
Most developed countries are peaking in costs to young people right now. The people entering workforce now are getting a huge bad surprise, but the cost of supporting older people will start to decrease very soon.

So, if you are looking for some future phase shift, you are searching for the wrong thing.

Also, most of the developing countries will be in that situation in ~20 years. Most underdeveloped ones will get there in an extra decade or two.

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Re:Young adults report lower life satisfaction in Sweden by trgn on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:13PM (#46877368)
the population bulge is at 50-60. with tfr as low as they are, we're looking at at multiple decades of a top-heavy pyramid. that's not disappearing anytime soon, it will take a lifetime.
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