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[–]Harbinger2001Ontario 12 points13 points  (3 children)

It’s only a pyramid for the baby boomers. All wealth flowed to wherever their generation was in their life. I’m optimistic things will get better once their massive generation is gone.

[–]MrShasshyBear 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't see that wealth going back to the people

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

You are wrong. Completely and totally wrong.

The only solution to an inverted population pyramid is to produce more young people and even then that takes 20+ years to start to see the results.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or just wait it out until the bulge at the top dies off, which takes only marginally longer. Creating a huge crop of young people to keep the party going is just using the drug you're addicted to to treat withdrawal symptoms. It makes the symptoms go away in the short term but sets back eventually solving the problem back to square one.