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Oh, and keep in mind that social security and elder care are among society's largest expenses. If aging stopped being a problem, much of that would go away. Likewise, portions of the population with obsolete skill sets would be in a position where they could simply pick up a new trade instead of going on social safety nets until start receiving social security.

Not to mention that it stops a massive brain drain. It takes a relatively long time for individuals to rise to the top of their respective fields and their contributions inevitability end as infirmity and age-related death take effect. If our greatest geniuses had a few hundred more years of life, imagine what else they might have created.

The only really large drawback is the accumulation of wealth which would become a major issue in this system without an aggressive progressive tax plan where money is taken from the rich to fund vital public works (rather than just padding a social safety net so people don't have to work).

Revelation34 posted...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FopyRHHlt3M

I find it cute that you're so self-assured despite being so very wrong. However, my original statement remains true, considering that the problems aren't the result of overpopulation. Even with smaller populations, those exact same problems would exist unless you're specifically getting rid of everybody already in those circumstances and then offing anybody who falls into those circumstances (at which point it *still* wouldn't be an overpopulation problem)

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