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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

and you don’t have enough young workers to fill the roles they typically fill

This is a myth. Immigration guarantees that you'll ALWAYS have workers to fill whatever roles you need filled.

[–] Duralf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't tell if you are sarcastic or serious. Population growth is slowing globally so it's not like there is an infinite supply of young people.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago

Population growth is slowing globally so it’s not like there is an infinite supply of young people.

There doesn't need to be an infinite supply... of any age group.

This is simply a course correction for what's been an unsustainable pace of population growth worldwide in the last 100 years.

[–] deur@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh man let's tell that to the Koreans and see how they feel about that...

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Hey, if they have a solution to a problem that they "don't like", too bad for them.