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[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a big issue. The problem is there are a large amount of elderly people and not enough young people to care for them and keep the economy going.

Population age graphs used to be a triangle. Lots of kids some adults and a few elderly. So there were a lot of people to care for a small number of the elderly and a big group to care for you when you became elderly.

These countries age graphs look like upside down pears. Lots of elderly some working and few children. So more work by the young to care for the elderly.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Caring for them is entirely a different matter, but yes.