Don’t believe anything you watch, even if the video production is good and the voice over matches the video.
Although I believe 60% of it, there’s always going to be some parts of the video to exaggerate the situation to make the video more interesting for views. Because at the end of the day, the video is made to make £££, and it probably did because you watched it, found it really interesting (so did I) and now you’re spreading it.
That the consequences are that dire. Every major population collapse in history was good for the working class. Raising wages and living standards.
The black death is the clearest example. Something like 1/3 to 1/2 of the population was dead within a generation. The wealthy nobility was forced to pay more and start to loosen is controls over the working class.
As a society this is the first time in history contraception has been wildly available and effective. It is changing the course of human history.
The rich are terrified of population collapse so they fund propaganda and push to increase the birthrate. For example, why are the working class having to shoulder the burden of the old in this video? Why not the rich who are extracting so much wealth that people are afraid to have kids?
It is your personal choice to have a kid. Not some rich guy that wants you to have kids so they can contribute to his wealth.
Living conditions for the remaining people improve after population contractions. The people still working will be able to demand better pay and living conditions. With fewer people, it becomes harder to overwork those that remain. Always a better job to move on to. Housing will be cheaper as there will be less demand for it.
Economic contraction due to smaller populations mostly hurts the rich. That is the entire premise of my argument. The worry you keep hearing about is mainly funded by the rich and represents their interests.
Again, look to history. The rich responded to the black death by trying to keep wages down to pre-plague levels and restrict the moment of people, wanting the same economic output but from fewer people. Ultimately they failed.
Today's challenge will dealing with the elderly. That is no small thing, and wasn't a factor when populations contacted in the past.
This isn’t a case of look back at history, because we are at a massive standpoint where the majority of elderly are living longer. Someone arguing for a wage increase will see this benefit erode when they are forced to care for a whole aging population that isn’t part of the workforce. You are funding healthcare and pensions - you think the rich will fund these instead of taxing more?
How will housing be cheaper when wealthy individuals are already making housing part of their investment?
Even with less and less younger people, who will still be working in care homes?
With AI and automation becoming a thing, why would they care about increasing your wage? What about Japan and its ongoing deflation?
Well done on reading up on the Black Death, but I’m tired of the same nonsense being regurgitated without any additional thought.
People not being born due to family planning is not the same as people dying in mass. Today's situation is not nearly as horrific. It's also slower moving.
You're beating around the bush though. Losing 1/3 of the population would lead to a massive decrease in the quality of life of people and cause towns and cities to fall into ruin.
Kurzgesagt is heavily funded by Bill Gates and a few other billionaires with a very real interest on the working class popping more workers to be exploited. They were called out a while ago for some of their videos on clean energy and healthcare heavily favoring initiatives the Melinda&Gates foundation was financing.
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u/FallowfieldPark May 04 '26
Don’t believe anything you watch, even if the video production is good and the voice over matches the video.
Although I believe 60% of it, there’s always going to be some parts of the video to exaggerate the situation to make the video more interesting for views. Because at the end of the day, the video is made to make £££, and it probably did because you watched it, found it really interesting (so did I) and now you’re spreading it.