• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    14 days ago

    Yeah, but that’s only a problem if elderly orderlies is an underpaid job that no one wants, and if people can’t afford to live on it when choosing such a profession.

    If the economy adjusts or society adjusts such that caring for the elderly is a highly sought out and secure job that can easily pay a mortgage, what’s the issue?

    This is what I mean when I say they will crash and their economy will adjust.

    • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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      14 days ago

      There aren’t enough tax payers paying into the system to sustain the end of life care, retirement funds/pensions/social security equivalents that an elderly population that large. when you have a 1:1 ratio of people paying in vs paying out your assistance levels will be extremely weak.

      No nation can sustain that large of an elder population. It’s not economically viable.