I don’t get this, doesn’t proof of an aging global population imply that overpopulation is solving itself? Also is it really that big of an issue? I’ve only heard bill gates talking about it, not sure what it’s got to do with that geezer tbh

> Also is it really that big of an issue?

It's a titanic issue. Old people are expensive. They tax the young to pay for themselves. Now the system is running out of young to tax.

And that's the situation in rich and prosperous nations. I live in a developing country that has managed to be relatively poor and have a declining birth rate. It's so absurdly pathological it's not even funny. Symptoms include, for example, increased retirement ages. We will work well into our 70+ years of age, and we will be happy. Newer generations are already coping, they've already internalized the fact they will never actually retire. This is the stuff revolutions are made out of.

In the same way that a drought solves a flood. Technically yes, but it introduces an equally as dangerous and possibly worse problem.

It depends on whether we take care of them at the cost we currently are in the west.

> is it really that big of an issue?

Yes, because the aging population increases healthcare spending to support them while the working age population shrinks, eroding the tax base. This is currently happening in Japan right now.