#JustDyingEmpireThings

  • supdog [e/em/eir,ey/em]
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    2 years ago

    I read that life expectancy is so predictive they used it to predict the india China split and the fall of the ussr.

    • cawsby [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The United States should still peak around 500 million people in the mid-to-late 2100s. Immigration is still driving population growth across the US. Without it, many farming communities would have vanished long ago.

      The US can keep going due to immigration indefinitely. Old white people die and young brown families move in - circle of life.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        The US can keep going due to immigration indefinitely.

        In theory, sure. But in practice, you're still staring down infrastructure decay who's maintenance has been deferred for far too long.

        At some level, all the immigrants in the world don't help you if you're power plants burn out and your cities flood after every big rain.

      • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Imagine, though, if the :frothingfash: get what they want and tighten the vise on immigration.

        We got a taste of it from Trump which adversely affected the economy ("work shortages" included) but they just doubled down.

        • Shoegazer [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I’m really curious what pure fascism will look like in the US when all the production is in china and all the migrant workers aren’t allowed in the US lol. Like, are they just gonna somehow convince the bourgeoisie to bring back production?

      • Shoegazer [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The United States should still peak around 500 million people in the mid-to-late 2100s.

        :NOOOOO: