Neolibs over at Kurzgesagt declare that occupied Korea is over
Neolibs over at Kurzgesagt declare that occupied Korea is over
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I hate Kurzgesagt too much to be able to bring myself to watch this video. Do you mind summarizing it for us?
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South Korea is facing a demographic crisis, characterized by a record low fertility rate. This is leading to a shrinking and aging population, which is expected to cause economic collapse due to a reduced workforce and depleted pension funds. Socially, this may cause loneliness and cultural decline.
As communities shrink, particularly in rural areas, there will be less funding available for maintaining infrastructure. This could lead to the abandonment of smaller communities as the country prioritizes its metropolitan areas. A smaller workforce means reduced tax revenue for the government. Simultaneously, the government will need to support a large elderly population, which may force cuts to essential services such as hospitals and social benefits. The regime may also struggle to maintain its military.
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Thanks! So nothing particularly new or interesting. There's a lot of this sort of demographic doomsaying nowadays, and much of it has a bit of a fascistic undertone to me. Some people i think are definitely obsessed with birth rates for the wrong reasons. Not saying that the negative economic and social consequences aren't real, but i think there's also a lot of hyperbolic fearmongering.
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Meanwhile in the DPRK: None of that shit.
They mastered "do nothing, win"-do.
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An economy that doesn’t rely on consumption and is based on needs instead can easily function with a decreasing population. A decreasing population isn’t a bad thing at all if a society properly and sustainably shifts towards increased automation but we can already see that that will not happen in any capitalist country. Automation has and will allow the world to function without population increases for the first time but of course capitalist nations will only realize that true shifts to automation is necessary far, far too late, if ever. Instead they will stupidly promote having more children to increase consumption as the only solution.
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Meanwhile, we see automation in China increasing rapidly and being put directly towards social use. This is such a great illustration of how technology use ends up being shaped by the political system.
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Absolutely. The issue is not a falling population, that is not necessarily a bad thing on its own. The issue is the socio-economic system
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Germany's tax euros at work everyone.
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I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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