Kurzgesagt did a video on them and it actually is terrifying how much South Korean gov is neglecting the current situation in favour of work productivity.
Crazy how the number of births is like 1/3 of the 60s
The chart looks like a boa constrictor swallowing a goat whole.
S. Korea vs. Japan will be interesting case studies on different approaches to handling demographic collapse when the dust clears, but Korea is an awful place to be a youngster right now, their culture has been very badly impacted by this.
They are 20 years away from all the workers in that largest ever generation being retired. They will then deficit spend like crazy trying to keep the economy afloat under the weight of all those pensioners. 10 or so more years after that they will be out of resources and the entire country will implode.
Young Koreans are already starting to see the writing on the wall and emigrating, making the crisis even worse in the process. And that’s only going to accelerate as the situation worsens.
It’s really, really bad, and it’s probably too late to do anything about it. I wouldn’t be surprised if by the 2060s they become dependent on foreign aid to prevent their elderly from starving to death
It’s such a slippery slope. 40% of South Korean Elderly live in poverty.
– Old people outnumber younger kids.
– Old people become a financial burden.
– political parties in favor of increasing pensions take over.
– Taxes on working class goes through the roof to fund old people.
– Having kids becomes impossibly expensive…
– The cycle repeats
It’s going to happen to alot of countries **within our lifetime**. Alot of elderly refuse to retire.
This is simply a preview of what awaits us worldwide. All educated rich countries experience demographic collapse. The only ones that don’t avoid collapse do so by keeping their peoples ignorant and fanatically religious.
Funny how North Korea will be the one that outlasts the other.
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They’re gonna start doing what the cult was doing in Midsommar lol. Making the old people jump from a cliff.
The crunch comes in 30 years when that bulge hits the top levels. That is going to be pricy having a huge percentage of elderly population with far less income generating folks below to support the cost. It’s a huge issue.
Pensions/healthcare/economy have left the chat…
What happened in 1960 that started the downward trend?
I talk about this all the time. China, Japan, Korea etc. are on a worrying trajectory.
The rich can’t expect us to commit all of our time to enriching them AND raising children at the same time. If they continue to exploit us, we won’t have enough time or money to raise the next generation of people for them to bleed dry.
What’s happening to South Korea (and Japan) will happen to all countries eventually. I wonder if this is a possible great filter?
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Kurzgesagt did a video on them and it actually is terrifying how much South Korean gov is neglecting the current situation in favour of work productivity.
[link](https://youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk)
Crazy how the number of births is like 1/3 of the 60s
The chart looks like a boa constrictor swallowing a goat whole.
S. Korea vs. Japan will be interesting case studies on different approaches to handling demographic collapse when the dust clears, but Korea is an awful place to be a youngster right now, their culture has been very badly impacted by this.
They are 20 years away from all the workers in that largest ever generation being retired. They will then deficit spend like crazy trying to keep the economy afloat under the weight of all those pensioners. 10 or so more years after that they will be out of resources and the entire country will implode.
Young Koreans are already starting to see the writing on the wall and emigrating, making the crisis even worse in the process. And that’s only going to accelerate as the situation worsens.
It’s really, really bad, and it’s probably too late to do anything about it. I wouldn’t be surprised if by the 2060s they become dependent on foreign aid to prevent their elderly from starving to death
It’s such a slippery slope. 40% of South Korean Elderly live in poverty.
– Old people outnumber younger kids.
– Old people become a financial burden.
– political parties in favor of increasing pensions take over.
– Taxes on working class goes through the roof to fund old people.
– Having kids becomes impossibly expensive…
– The cycle repeats
It’s going to happen to alot of countries **within our lifetime**. Alot of elderly refuse to retire.
This is simply a preview of what awaits us worldwide. All educated rich countries experience demographic collapse. The only ones that don’t avoid collapse do so by keeping their peoples ignorant and fanatically religious.
Funny how North Korea will be the one that outlasts the other.
Rotten stage capitalism hates this
They’re gonna start doing what the cult was doing in Midsommar lol. Making the old people jump from a cliff.
The crunch comes in 30 years when that bulge hits the top levels. That is going to be pricy having a huge percentage of elderly population with far less income generating folks below to support the cost. It’s a huge issue.
Pensions/healthcare/economy have left the chat…
What happened in 1960 that started the downward trend?
I talk about this all the time. China, Japan, Korea etc. are on a worrying trajectory.
The rich can’t expect us to commit all of our time to enriching them AND raising children at the same time. If they continue to exploit us, we won’t have enough time or money to raise the next generation of people for them to bleed dry.
What’s happening to South Korea (and Japan) will happen to all countries eventually. I wonder if this is a possible great filter?
Stop posting this stupid shit.
If you want to play with population pyramid for every country and other demographic instruments: [https://www.populationpyramid.net/republic-of-korea/2024/](https://www.populationpyramid.net/republic-of-korea/2024/)
South Korea should be importing white boys by the thousands. Those numbers will jump back up within 5 years
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