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 #185 15 Jul 2020 at 1.25pm | |   |
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However it pans out most of us won't be here to witness it. Future generations will see the changes gradually so it will be just a part of life for them.
I do find it difficult to believe that Italy figure though,
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#184 15 Jul 2020 at 1.04pm | | |
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Yeah, this.
Quotes from the "experts":
"To be successful we need a fundamental rethink of global politics.
"The distribution of working-age populations will be crucial to whether humanity prospers or withers."
Wowzers.
@Mal, Children of Men is an incredible film 
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#183 15 Jul 2020 at 12.57pm | | |
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Yep, instead of points systems for immigration countries will be offering incentives for working age migrants. Who pays taxes to care for the huge old age population, who cares for them even. AI and robotics will have to take lots of jobs that populations can't fill etc. Sub Saharan Africa population will treble over this time so that's where your working population will come from. Putting incentives in place for people to have more children is a tricky proposition and bound to face opposition as does immigration.
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#182 15 Jul 2020 at 12.17pm | | |
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now I'm intrigued...
what are you expecting? ageing population? more draw on resources to care for them?
genuinely asking
puts me in mind of the film 'Children of Men' (Clive Owen) - takes it to the nth degree. A REALLY good film
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#181 15 Jul 2020 at 11.53am | | |
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I just read about that this morning. V interesting. The impacts it will have are not what you might expect.
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#180 15 Jul 2020 at 11.34am | | |
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Good! It'll be too late by then though, the world will still be overpopulated for the resources available. That's if we dont destroy it before then.
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#179 15 Jul 2020 at 10.38am | | |
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A fertility study by the University of Washington has some incredible projections.
Japan population 128 million now, 53 million by the end of the century. Italy population now 61 million, 28 million by the end of the century. UK projected to peak at 75 million dropping back to 71 million over the same time frame. China population 1.4 billion now, to 770 million by the end of the century.
Education and more women working is the reason apparently.
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#178 13 Jul 2020 at 6.09pm | | |
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please tax us properly
Imagine millionaires having to beg the government to tax them properly for the good of the nation. Goes to show the scale of incompetence at work in the government. Bet none of them are politicians or friends of either are they. Corruption runs deep.
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#177 13 Jul 2020 at 5.55pm | | |
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posting this in here as well as the positive thoughts thread as it was something that came up a wee while back
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/free-nhs-parking-indefinitely?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2020-07-13
Petition to the Government for free NHS staff parking to continue indefinitely.
Not far off the 10,000 mark now...
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#176 13 Jul 2020 at 5.11pm | | |
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Points based, innit! Hoorah!
So let's hope the brexiters who were sick of all those EU migrants cleaning their elderly relatives' bottoms are handy with a sponge.
High earning British lawyers with Polish cleaners will soon be replaced by high earning foreign born lawyers with enough points, and British cleaners. Will that make the brexit lot happy?
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#175 13 Jul 2020 at 4.35pm | | |
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53382818
Care sector shafted again...? It's becoming a habit with this Government...
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#174 12 Jul 2020 at 8.25pm | | |
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Wired Gov.
To be honest I'm not in the mood or in the right setting so I'm baling out again. The Arse have lost and I'm in the company of two Spuds and a fridge full of Hobgoblin. Only really came on here to check out the footy thread. 
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#173 12 Jul 2020 at 7.46pm | | |
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Suppose they be accused of racism because they only went after the BAME sweat shop owners but ignored the British ones?
Not saying it’s right it ignore any of the crimes but there’s going to be British pedo gangs, British sweatshop owners, etc. Which are not being bought to justice too.
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#172 12 Jul 2020 at 7.45pm | | |
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Was that from reading the actual report or from a newspaper columnist’s take on it?
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#171 12 Jul 2020 at 7.40pm | | |
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From what I can remember a list of failures.
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