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kleinbl00  ·  1800 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can China Take Care of its Elderly?

It's been interesting to me watching the hippies and nature lovers arguing for fewer kids and fewer people because of our fewer resources while watching the brokers and money lovers arguing for more kids and more people because of our need for ever-higher production and ever-higher needs for elderly care. On the one hand, there's only one planet and we all have to share it. On the other hand, if your two parents don't have three kids then we'll never be able to take care of grandma!

“Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.”

- Kenneth Boulding