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On Wed, 8 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 08/01/2025 10:24, D wrote:
>> I think robots and automation will save the day. They don't even have to be 
>> automating/saving elderly care, they can automate/save menial office jobs, 
>> and those workers can then move into elderly care instead of fiddling 
>> around with meaningless powerpoints and excel spreadsheets all day.
>> 
>> Everyone wins! =D
>
> That doesn't solve the debt crisis. Somehow all the debts of the past have to 
> be repaid with taxes from today. If there are no people working, what do you 
> tax instead?

Then we comfort ourselves with the idea that the change will not happen 
over night, and that repayments can be done gradually over time. We also 
comfort ourselves with the blessings of inflation, where our currencies 
and salaries nominally are constantly inflated, while our debt remain the 
same. ;)