The takeaway here isn't "oh the poor millennials", it's "lack of generational economic redistribution leads to very low birthrates in rich countries, which when not compensated by immigration leads to demographic decline". Like in Japan...
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Japan has a birthrate of 1.44 (far below replacement rate of 2.1), is becoming an elderly nation, and may eventually die off. It's an entirely fixable political problem. Young people in every rich country do in fact want a house, financial stability, & kids. Just can't afford it.
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How do we fix it? Free childcare, free education up to college, some free college options, *build more housing*, stop treating housing as an investment vehicle for boomers, tax breaks for having kids
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Sounds expensive? Just like for fighting climate change, it's entirely affordable for rich countries. It's just a matter of prioritizing long-term collective survival instead of the short-term comfort of the ruling generation
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It’s weird that this isn’t getting solved in any way, when this can be solved in 3-5 years period by good collaborative work. Nobody cares.
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Not OK Boomer
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You are oversimplifying. You are totally ignoring individualism, rise in women’s literacy levels and financial independence, easy access to contraception.
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But thanks for raising the demographic issue- this has been the most important issue facing advanced nations( west, Australia, Japan and soon China) for at least 3 decades now, but no leading politician took it because its effects are only seen long term and does not win votes...
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