The pyramid that supports "retirees" & "seniors" makes it a financial burden in every somewhat developed economy. The only way to sustain this in a world driven by inflation and a stampede towards "ever increasing economic growth and prosperity", or whatever people want to call it is for people to constantly pump out more and more children and grow the world's population.

On paper, it seems like a decision made by a spreadsheet boffin or crazed economist, drooling slightly as they spew pragmatism over whoever will listen.

The reality is that I hope, one day, we can find a balance between all things and governments of the world can recognise that never-ending growth is not the way to prosperity, but cautious, realistic expectations factoring in all environmental factors (people, natural resource, economic, diplomatic) will lead to things flourishing, as it doesn't really feel as though the world is doing any of that at the moment.