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[Hide] (10.7MB, 6000x6000) I've been reading a lot about the Black Plague recently, and have been chilled by how much better things got after the Plague hit. Labor saving devices. Increased productivity. The beginnings of the industrial revolution Better working conditions. Better civil liberties. It's enough to give me pause for Malthus.
What would happen if millions of people stuck in poverty and debt today all committed mass suicide on the same day? Would there be any sort of 'shock effect' caused by such a bizarre protest of human condition?
Given the collapse of demographics going on, why isn't that priced into labor markets? Surely, businesses must see that human population is going to drop off a cliff in the next few decades. E.g., in places like Japan and South Korea especially it's going to completely and utterly fucking collapse.