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Every automation brought more work, rather than less. Why? Because profit. If the boss owner can get more out of less people, they will fire the unneeded workers, bring prices down and force the competition to either follow or close down

And what causes fewer younger people?

Couples not having children.

What causes couples not to have children?

Well, beyond simply not wanting them: economic insecurity. A more equitable economic system would remove that barrier.

That's the great part the current youth won't get to be sick and elderly. We'll just be sick and dead.

There's currently 5 million care workers in the US, at a total population of 332 million. Source

That means that even if the birth rates drop really low and we only have 50 million workers in the next generation, it will still be enough to care for the elderly.

However, it might not be enough to fill the last bullshit workplace some company makes up to make yet another dollar into the pockets of the rich.

This is deeply myopic. The problem is not low birth rates, but uneven demographics.

At this point i just need to point out that earlier centuries had a very uneven demographic as well. In 1850, people typically had 6 kids on average, which means you had a lot of people too young to work and therefore not part of the workforce. Yet society thrived.

If I understand what you said, then it is still a problem caused by capitalism. Because we have the knowledge and technology to live comfortably with a lot less manpower then 300 years ago. And yea we can go into details, but the difference between an ox and a tractor is huuuuge.

I've never heard of theoretical fixes either but proper Maxism-Leninism has a focus on central planning, doesn't it? They would certainly see it as a problem and surely consider potential solutions. At least one that acts in good faith of their main premise.

Define "even"

Looks around, fuck your society and your shitty fast food, gas station, Amazon Warehouse buildings.

We've seen it over and over throughout history and it's always been positive. The Black plague. Most recently WW2 depopulated the West of the most able bodied workers. The result wasn't a collapse but a boom. Those remaining had cheap housing and were paid more for their labor because there were fewer workers.

When population declines enough that everyone has resources, population will go back up again.

This is true but people focus so hard on the population they miss the wider issue. Its not the number of people thats the issue right now, its the massively uneccesary amount of resources each person uses.

The world can accomodate a lot of people IF we shift the way we do things. If we all live like the world is an endless piggy bank, it wont work.

Without considering the way we live and the system we've built, people begin sliding into borderline eco-fascist ideas of population control because its an easy thing to understand and latch onto. But the situation is much more complicated than that.

So yes, there is a finite human population limit but that doesnt mean we've hit it or are even going to hit it.