most countries will get old before they achieve wealth. the problem in the late 21 century will be not limited resources but limited population. try running an economy with only older skilled workers. it's fine if you have other countries to export to but if you can't metabolize your production surplus well, we don't know what happens. my guess is that we will see a deflationary effect. fun fact if you have no young people your economy has some problems. that's why Russia will not be any substantial threat after 2025 or why you will never see consumption-led growth ever again in Europe. or export-led growth for that matter.
Adrian White
your first assertion is incorrect. The world total population will level out at 11 billion people. The issue with feeding these people is minimal, we have more than enough capacity to feed that many now, however it is logistics that causes the problem. But you'd know this if you weren't a mouth breather.
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Jackson Morgan
thats a problem for countries with an aging population, thats why I mentioned it in my post
Henry Nguyen
so you're solution is to change logistics, how
Easton Howard
it doesn't matter. the world population will start to shrink in the mid 21 century. pretty much all the countries that can achieve wealth have achieved wealth have. either because of geography or by national spirt. the americans got both by sheer chance. the japs got the spirt but not the geography. people were worried about a country with less arable land that new Brunswick becoming the world foremost economic power.
James Rivera
We don't change logistics, the rich will eat and the poor will starve, like always and forever
Bentley Hernandez
You know their was a time when people thought if we reached 1 billion people on earth that all civilization would collapse
Its one of the reasons the Irish potato famine was so devastating the British literally thought it was a natural effect of overpopulation and the famine would "regulate" populations by killing off a million Irish. The British could have ended the famine but chose not to because they thought the world couldn't handle so much people so, they let them die
Today we know how stupid this idea is seeing as their are 7 BILLION alive today. Over population is a myth it's been proven wrong time and time again.
Easton Lewis
Even that 11 billion number is bullshit
Their is no reality in the "overpopulation" myth
It's always wrong they just keep moving the goal post. Once we reach 11b they will move it to 22 billion and so on
It's sort of like issues of immigrants or minorities ect their all scapegoats
Dont buy the hype
Caleb Ortiz
They’re not doing slash and burn to plant an acre of fucking cucumbers for their family, idiot.
They’re selling their land (or the government is selling it) to massive agribusiness conglomerates who are clear cutting and planting square miles of corn and other commodity crops.
Since the land is cheap, when they deplete one section of land they just buy more, clear cut it, and start over.
The “resources” being generated by logging and slash and burn are not staying in the third world countries, they’re being exported to first world countries which have a voracious appetite for energy, cheap food, and industrialized hedonism.
Try harder next time.
Joshua Lopez
>Be decently off from wealthy country. >Drive car around for the lol all day. >Use disposable products. Containers, plastics, styrofoam, packaging etc. >Doesn't know how to portion spaghetti for two. >Takes 20 minute hot showers. >Heats house to extremely levels in winter instead of just putting on a sweater.
I do not understand why you think poor people use more resources....
