• rekabis@programming.dev
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    7 days ago

    In the context of Capitalism, sure, Japan is in trouble.

    But then again, any system that demands infinite growth within a finite system has a biological parallel… in cancer. Yes, capitalism is economic cancer.

    Japan has a bright future in front of it, if it can successfully pioneer an effective degrowth system that prioritizes the lives of people over Paraiste-Class profits.

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      Outside of capitalism it is hard to function below replacement level because the young people have to take care of the elderly

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        Young people would have time to take care of the elderly if they weren’t forced to work 60+ hour weeks consistently

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          Kind of adjacent when the person is tying infinite economic growth with population “degrowth”

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        No they don’t. They just have to adopt a culture of euthanasia. I don’t say that to be cruel or indifferent. I assume state assisted programs are in a lot of countries’ futures assuming they can stomach it. It’s not something I’m advocating for. I just think the rich are cold enough to push it to try to fix the problem.

    • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      everyone keeps repeating that cancer metaphor, but a plague is much more appropriate….