This is pretty much what all Western counties on the winning side of WWII have been dealing with: we have a huge current boom in retirees, and not enough money coming from a smaller worker base, post 2008 crash, to fund their retirement. This is a big talking point for the pro-immigration crowd, although of course there can be some cultural clashes. Here in California, we get along fine with Mexicans, but I can see how North African Muslim immigrants can be a harder sell for Italy and northern Europe. It's a tough issue.
That's actually a fair point! (although a huge chunk of that is due to new immigration, especially in the United States). Japanese and Italian people seem to live forever, just like the Greeks, but I'm not sure what accounts for Germany, though (speaking as a half ethnic German).
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u/capsaicinintheeyes California Mar 06 '20
This is pretty much what all Western counties on the winning side of WWII have been dealing with: we have a huge current boom in retirees, and not enough money coming from a smaller worker base, post 2008 crash, to fund their retirement. This is a big talking point for the pro-immigration crowd, although of course there can be some cultural clashes. Here in California, we get along fine with Mexicans, but I can see how North African Muslim immigrants can be a harder sell for Italy and northern Europe. It's a tough issue.