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How Elites & Baby Boomers Collapsed America | WhatifaItHist - PT 2

Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

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Demographic Decline and Labor Oversupply: A Perfect Storm

Demographic challenges are manifesting as a dual crisis characterized by a rapidly aging population and a significant population crash. Industrialized nations face a stark decline in birth rates, leading to a situation where the ratio of dependents to producers is increasingly imbalanced. As a result, there will soon be significantly fewer workers to support a growing elderly population. This oversupply of labor is currently juxtaposed with stagnating wages and a declining quality of life, resulting in many individuals facing financial hardships. Political polarization and economic inequality are prevalent, contributing to the difficulties people experience in forming families. If these trends persist, the combination of a shrinking workforce and an expanding elderly demographic presents a troubling scenario that could provoke civil unrest as resources dwindle and competition intensifies among the population.

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