• Lowpast@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    The real issue is that we have a rapidly aging workforce and there’s not enough young people to replace them. With the average age of parents raising, the gap is getting larger. In the 50s it was 16 workers for every 1 retired. The 70s, 5:1. That number is now almost 2:1. This is bad. Very bad.

    Higher bar for jobs. Lower wage for entry level. Later retiring age. Higher need for migrant and seasonal workers.

    • LazerFX@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      Aw, crapitalism will break because line cannot always go up.

      Cry me a fucking river. Humanity is a cancer, and we need to be about half our current population. Yeah, we’re not gonna like it when we drop that population. Our kids, my daughter, are going to have it fucking tough. But if we want to survive long term… We gotta stop.