• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    In any country with public healthcare, there is a problem with how to afford to care for the elderly when the population contains more elderly people needing expensive healthcare than working people paying the taxes that fund it. This seems like a problem that extends beyond capitalism’s growth-seeking. It’s an issue of how to achieve stability.

    • MehBlah@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      That is the hole you dig with the myth of unlimited growth. No doubt the correction will be somewhat uncomfortable.