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by alephnerd
765 days ago
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> which is to not handle geriatric care well at all There is a recent Japanese Sci-Fi movie that came out at Cannes recently called Plan 75 [0] that touches on that option Ofc, Japan is a democracy and old people vote. Even if the LDP ruled for much of Japan's democratic history, it's still vulnerable to losing power due to public anger (eg. Kishida's corruption scandal). Imagine how angrier Japanese voters would be with horrible geriatric care. [0] - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-at2w5ORFfE |
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>Japan is a democracy and old people vote
I think when non-working gerontocratic voting block interests confronts with interests of tax paying workforce trying to keep head above water, the elderly are going to lose. When under 50 year olds have to decide between their reduction in their QoL / services vs neglecting the old, including their own kin, they're going to eventually chose to throw their kin under the bus. If problem is just structurally not resolvable (which IMO it's not), LDP will claw their way back from whoever the next DPJ upstart is after they fail. Which is to say, I can imagine JP getting some robots going, and some migrant worker for elderly care, but if neither is enough, I think more likely politics will over promise and underdeliver until elderly accept their lot because you can only push the young so much. It's going to take a few political cycles for people to accept the "normal", but if any "democracy" can rig the system to survive that process, it's LDP/Japan.