Yeah, y’know, that’s a problem, because I’m gonna want my damned entitlements when I’m ready to retire.

The next challenge: not too many people, but too few?

With the global population estimated to pass 7 billion on October 31, many of policymakers’ short-term worries revolve around providing resources for the additional 2-3 billion people expected to be born in the next half-century.

But:

…improvements in food production and technology have allowed population growth to continue unimpeded and relatively smoothly, and the real potential nightmare is of a rapidly aging population, combined with collapsing birthrates in both rich and poor states.

Remember: a Ponzi scheme collapses when there aren’t enough new investors to pay off the old investors. But don’t call our current entitlement system a Ponzi scheme, because you want old people to die of starvation.

I’ve been doing my part to stem the tide of depopulation, people. What’s keeping the rest of you?

Via Insty.