Wars between generations are coming

Falling fertility rates, paying for older people and upcoming conflict between generations
Feb 18, 2024
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Wars between generations are coming:

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Wars between generations are coming.

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It’s something the world isn’t prepared for.

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There’s not enough young people to support the generation that is getting older.

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Fertility rates are falling in certain countries.

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Those countries face population collapse.

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After World War 2, the baby boomer generation had kids.

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Those kids were our parents age.

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However, the last few decades, some populations haven’t kept up their fertility rates.

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What that means is as today’s young adults grow older, they have to support a larger generation of old people.

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When working-age adults have to pay more for older generations, there’s a problem.

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Why would you want to pay for someone who’s so much older than you?

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Taxes will go up.

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The government’s going to need to raise more money.

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The problem is they blew it all getting to this point via money printing.

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Do you know what money printing is?

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It’s stealing from later generations.

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From my generation.

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When Congress enacts a bill and creates more money, they’re issuing future debt.

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That debt has to eventually be paid and likely will by my generation.

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The problem becomes when you can’t pay for that debt.

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If you do, you default or print.

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History is very clear.

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No one chooses to default.

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So central banks will choose to print.

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Printing means issuing more future debt we can’t afford.

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We’re going to have a debt explosion in the next few years.

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We’re seeing commercial real estate start to fall over.

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Remember though, we can’t save everyone.

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Our generation is going to have to pay for it.

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That means decreased quality of life, increased taxes and more people being unable to afford the basics.

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Money printing leads to inflation.

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Inflation is a silent killer.

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If your wages don’t keep up with the pace of inflation, your quality of life decreases.

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Your life becomes more unaffordable.

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But imagine more of your money goes towards older generations to pay for their medical bills.

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You’d be pissed.

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You’d be upset.

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You’d be frustrated.

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Saw this tweet from Balajis that perfectly sums it up.

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Your average 58-year-old American is white.

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Your average younger American is not.

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Do they really want to pay for the ‘oppressors?’

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Do they really want to pay for the older generation that has printed trillions of dollars, pillaged the world’s resources and spends money on never-ending wars?

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I’m not so sure.

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Political battles are coming.

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Generational battles are coming.

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Wars between generations are coming.

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