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Millenials and younger peeps – what are your plans and expectations for old age?
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@phryk I hope to have UBI enacted locally before I get to that point...
Otherwise, we'll see...
@alcinnz Ye, that's kind of the only way I see that at least *mostly* leaves the current economic system intact and doesn't just let a double digit percentage of the population languish in poverty and/or outright starve.
Honestly I'm kind of amazed that pension collapse isn't a way bigger topic. I learned about the mathematical impossibility to keep pension systems going as-is in, like, seventh grade econ/politics classes in school and that was over 20 years ago.
And all local politicians (at least here) do is pushing up the pension age further and further.
Which, besides being a major violation of the "social contract" that's forced on us by the state, is just a recipe for disaster and obviously not sustainable – it's a shortsighted non-solution.
@phryk I have a couple parties interested, including a semi-major one.
But unfortunately National won't work with the Greens, no matter how many votes Greens got.
And I will remark: I hope it doesn't leave the current economic intact! I hope once we no longer need a job near as much, we can reshape how we work!
@alcinnz Same sentiment here, just not super optimistic about that happening – my impression is that UBI will only become widely adopted once people riot so much the rich realize it's either that or being deposed and strung from a tree… :F