May 25, 2025 10:05 PM
PETER ZEIHAN
https://youtu.be/lIKH8ZEW0a0
VIDEO INTRO: Today we’re going to talk about demographics, specifically old people. The stereotypical case is Japan, where today 10% of the population is over 80 and fully one quarter of the population is either retired or qualifies for retirement. They are by far the oldest country in the world. However, they saw this coming back in the 1980s after having a birth rate that had been really low for nearly a century.
And so they started extending working lives, better health care to make people keep their minds rather than fall into dementia, better child care. So the people who do want to have kids can try, and above all, ways to keep older folks at least engage part-time within the workforce. All of that has allowed them to extend the useful working life of your average citizen, while also increasing the birth rate to a degree that they are no longer the fastest aging society in the world.
There are now, like, 20 other countries that are aging faster, including Thailand, Korea, China, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland. It’s not that these countries are past the point of no return, but it’s time for them to start thinking about what happens next. Because while they may have seen this coming decades ago. They haven’t done squat about it. A couple of countries to keep your eyes on...
What to do with the old people ... https://youtu.be/lIKH8ZEW0a0
https://youtu.be/lIKH8ZEW0a0
VIDEO INTRO: Today we’re going to talk about demographics, specifically old people. The stereotypical case is Japan, where today 10% of the population is over 80 and fully one quarter of the population is either retired or qualifies for retirement. They are by far the oldest country in the world. However, they saw this coming back in the 1980s after having a birth rate that had been really low for nearly a century.
And so they started extending working lives, better health care to make people keep their minds rather than fall into dementia, better child care. So the people who do want to have kids can try, and above all, ways to keep older folks at least engage part-time within the workforce. All of that has allowed them to extend the useful working life of your average citizen, while also increasing the birth rate to a degree that they are no longer the fastest aging society in the world.
There are now, like, 20 other countries that are aging faster, including Thailand, Korea, China, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland. It’s not that these countries are past the point of no return, but it’s time for them to start thinking about what happens next. Because while they may have seen this coming decades ago. They haven’t done squat about it. A couple of countries to keep your eyes on...
What to do with the old people ... https://youtu.be/lIKH8ZEW0a0