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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Hopeful hell. Europe faces a lot of problems due to its demographic change. If the US has problems meeting medicare and social security now, imagine if the birth rate was declining.
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It's the most hopeful
reason for a leveling-off of population. Leveling off is a given. Infinite population is not possible. If the reason for leveling-off was instead war, famine, or disease, social security might not be at the top of the list of problems but I bet we would wish it were.