This is fair but there's a difference between "policies will not be massively pro-young because young people know they will one day be old" and "policies will be massively pro-young but everybody gets to be young sometime"
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Everyone likes stuff that transfers resources to them rather than increasing growth. It's easier to accomplish and easier to measure, plus it stokes the envy component of the mind.
Yes, what I'm trying to get at is "avoid anti-growth death spirals at all costs." I actually do think the younger gens are currently at an untenable disadvantage, but they haven't yet seen the social safety net fully crumble & it seems to me that that's what's preventing panic
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My argument is contingent on things getting noticeably worse for the elderly, either in fact or in the shared narrative. IMO, policies extreme enough to risk triggering a cash grab predicated on the perception of a zero sum game are v risky, even if $ flows in the right direction
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I think we're *probably* becoming increasingly susceptible to this sort of death spiral as fertility rates drop and familial + communal safety nets break down, making us increasingly dependent on personal ability + the state, especially in old age when the former declines rapidly
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Such an obvious point that it barely merits mention, but as a practical matter, the young don't even vote. Not only do the young lack the wisdom to make good choices, they actually lack the wisdom to know they need to start making choices.
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