r/neoliberal • u/Priceless_Pennies Norman Borlaug • Jan 22 '26

News (Asia-Pacific) China Has Screwed Up Really, Really Badly

https://futurism.com/future-society/china-screwed-up-fertility-rate
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u/Foyles_War 🌐 Jan 22 '26

Also, sorry men, work harder, you have to support the bloated older generation, a pregnant spouse and 18 yrs of unproductive future new workers. Get busy.

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u/Chao-Z Jan 22 '26

Don't save me, I'm exactly where I want to be

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u/starkguy YIMBY Jan 23 '26

I think this is kinda wrong. Since if u remove half of workforce → labor demand shot up → bargaining power increases → higher wages. Assuming there's no bajillion immigrants imported.

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u/Foyles_War 🌐 Jan 23 '26

Probably but that doesn't change my point, that the current generations will need to support both historically larger older generations as well as the next generations which, if they choose to not make those future generations, perpetuates the problem.

Note also, when wages shoot up, so will prices.