On So 28 Mär 2021 at 16:07, Charlie Gibbs  wrote:

> On 2021-03-28, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>
>> Ultimately what the 'housing crisis' boils down to is too many people
>> with too high aspirations for the avaialable land area and
>> infrastructure. Birth rates are falling but that has simple encouraged
>> people to permit massive 3rd world immigration that carries with a  it a
>> high birth rate, so as to keep population levels up and the engine of
>> consumerism running.
>
> People who follow this philosophy have a lot in common with UFOlogists.
> The flying saucer people believe we will be saved by aliens from another
> planet, while immigration advocates believe we will be saved by aliens
> from another country.  Either way, it avoids having to solve our
> problems ourselves.
>
>> Remember that modern post war economics is built on a Ponzi scheme of
>> public debt. Today's pensions are paid by te contributions of today's
>> workers, which works as long as there are ore workers earning that
>> pensioners.
>>
>> If the number of workers and the whole population falls, you end up with
>> a massive geriatric problem - how to finance a non working population of
>> retired people.
>
> Thus we depend on an ever-increasing population, which is a Ponzi scheme
> itself.

Like so many 'solutions' politicians invent.

>> In the end its a compound problem of too many people for the country
>> to support but an inability to square the economic circle without a
>> permanently rising population.
>
> We'd better find a way to transition to a steady-state economy.
> I'm not holding my breath, though - too many powerful people
> are benefiting too much from the status quo.

Amen

'Andreas

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