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This is what an inverted population pyramid transition starts to feel like.

Note that every retiree has about 5 workers supporting them. When we retire it will be about 2.3 workers.

Those 5 workers are supporting that retiree, themselves, and other non-workers like children or people with severe disabilities. (This is important to keep in mind, because if you compare the ratios without it it looks a lot more dramatic)

Yeah, someone should model the predicted “pain” scale of this transition. I don’t think going from 5 to 4 is going to be as linearly painful as 3 to 2.

Do you have any more information on this? Or any leads where to look.

Peter Zeihan's YouTube channel elaborates on that in a very accessible way.

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