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    03 months ago

    I still don’t understand the obsession. Not everything has to be a ponzi scheme where line go up. Things can shrink, it’s ok. Not everything lasts forever. At some point you can abandon areas and let them decay.

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      03 months ago

      Not everything has to be a ponzi scheme where line go up.

      Yeah sure my personal cup of coffee is not a ponzi scheme AFAIK.

      But global capitalism? Definitely a ponzi scheme 100%. Literally destroying the planet to prop it up.

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        03 months ago

        This is just like a stock crashing because the quarterly profits did not exceed the very high growth expectations more than a lot, they only exceeded a little.

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      23 months ago

      I fully agree, but also, the whole concept of a pension plan only works if the next generation pays it forwards. Meaning this generation is paying for the current retired group, and no one will pay for them.

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        03 months ago

        You make the mistake of assuming that pension plans have to be paid by the next generation. Why not use a wealth tax instead?

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      03 months ago

      Isn’t there a protection where there may not be any new Japanese births by 2050? That they’ll essentially cease to be (pure Japanese)?