• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    Their nation needs tax revenue. That depends on having people to tax. If the population declines too much they cannot afford to maintain social services and QoL will decline.

    None of this is particularly controversial or surprising.

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      13 days ago

      The services’ costs are dependent on the number of recipients. They’re already in the slump of elderly being a drain on the system, it can only get better not worse.

      The only concern of the population decline that I can see is the decrease in funding available for Military Expenses.

      And, if things get really bad, all they have to do is open up for immigration and able bodied workers will magically appear.