Stern@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoJapan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new lowwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down11
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkJapan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new lowwww.independent.co.ukStern@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square260fedilink
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOutside of capitalism it is hard to function below replacement level because the young people have to take care of the elderly
minus-squareMisterScruffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYoung people would have time to take care of the elderly if they weren’t forced to work 60+ hour weeks consistently
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoKind of adjacent when the person is tying infinite economic growth with population “degrowth”
Outside of capitalism it is hard to function below replacement level because the young people have to take care of the elderly
Young people would have time to take care of the elderly if they weren’t forced to work 60+ hour weeks consistently
Kind of adjacent when the person is tying infinite economic growth with population “degrowth”