Blythe Terrell
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Yeah, so South Korea, actually scientists call it a super-aged society because more than 20% of the people are older than 65.
And a lot of them are actually living in poverty.
And this isn't just because of the population stuff.
Like, there's other reasons, too.
But South Korea actually has, like, one of the highest rates of elderly poverty among rich countries.
And they have, like, really high suicide rates also.
At least in some cases, according to the research, that's because...
People are like, I can't, you know, can't afford to live.
So this is the fear, bottom, basically.
That we, that if things, if trends for fertility keep going the way they're going, other countries worldwide, we're all going to end up in this boat.
Where, like, things kind of start to crumble.
Yeah, I mean, it's true.
You know, it's very, it's so simple when you put it that way, Rose.
Society is people.
And so this argument.