Re:Is America Becoming a Gerontocracy?
by zdragnar on Saturday June 27, 2026 @11:53AM
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No, the numbers I referred to are percentages. The decline in birthrates doesn't factor in.
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Re:Is America Becoming a Gerontocracy?
by littlexsparkee on Saturday June 27, 2026 @05:19PM
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The biggest drops in fertility around 2007 were among teenage moms, hence fewer unwanted children / poverty. How is it immaterial regardless of pct or raw numbers? My point is that there's not a robust mechanism moving people out of working class to middle/upper.