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POPULATION POPULATION PYRAMIDSPYRAMIDS::
*DEVELOPED IN FIVE-*DEVELOPED IN FIVE-YEAR INCREMENTS YEAR INCREMENTS (ALWAYS)(ALWAYS)
*MEN ON LEFT (ALWAYS)*MEN ON LEFT (ALWAYS)
*WOMEN ON RIGHT *WOMEN ON RIGHT (ALWAYS)(ALWAYS)
AGE OF PESTILENCE AND AGE OF PESTILENCE AND CHILDHOOD DISEASESCHILDHOOD DISEASES::
HIGH DEATH RATESHIGH DEATH RATESHIGH BIRTH RATESHIGH BIRTH RATES
AGE OF PESTILENCE AND AGE OF PESTILENCE AND CHILDHOOD DISEASESCHILDHOOD DISEASES
• “AGE TO DEPENDENCY RATIO”: LOT OF NON-PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY FEW PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE (U.N. DEFINITION OF PRODUCTIVE YEARS = AGES 15-65)
• TURN KIDS INTO PRODUCERS/ EARLY ECONOMIC ASSETS (NO CONCEPT OF ADOLESENCE)
AGE OF DECLINING AGE OF DECLINING PANDEMICSPANDEMICS – WHY? – WHY?
• DECENT DIET: POTATO WAS HIGH IN VITAMIN C, DECREASING DISEASES SUCH AS
•RICKETS•SCURVY•BERIBERI: Nervous system ailment
caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency; its symptoms include weight loss and emotional disturbances
• IMPROVED HYGIENE
AGE OF DECLINING AGE OF DECLINING PANDEMICSPANDEMICS
• BEFORE POTATO, MASSES OF PEASANTS SURVIVED ON “BLUE BREAD” – WHAT WAS THAT?
• BREAD WAS MADE FROM STONEGROUND FLOUR: WHY WAS THAT A PROBLEM?
AGE OF AGE OF
DECLININGDECLINING
PANDEMICSPANDEMICS
WHAT AREWHAT ARE CONSEQUENCES OF CONSEQUENCES OF
DECLINING PANDEMICS, DECLINING PANDEMICS, BASED ON MEXICO’S BASED ON MEXICO’S
POPULATION PYRAMID?POPULATION PYRAMID?
• MORE CHILD-PRODUCING WOMEN SO POPULATION GROWS DESPITE DECLINE IN BIRTHS
• UPSURGE IN EXCESS LABOR JUST AS AUTOMATION INCREASES
• LEAVES US WITH THE MOST DANGEROUS GROUP IN THE WORLD: UNEMPLOYED 20-YEAR-OLD MALES (IN MEXICO, 20-40% UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG THEM)
AGE OF DEGENERATIVE AGE OF DEGENERATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
DISEASEDISEASE::
NOW, WE’RE “LUCKY” NOW, WE’RE “LUCKY” ENOUGH TO GET ENOUGH TO GET ALZHEIMER’S, ALZHEIMER’S,
ARTHRITIS, ETC.ARTHRITIS, ETC.
AGE OF MEDICAL AGE OF MEDICAL MIRACLES:MIRACLES:
“EXOTIC” DEVICES “EXOTIC” DEVICES (JOINT REPLACEMENTS/(JOINT REPLACEMENTS/
TRANSPLANTS)TRANSPLANTS)
ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASESDISEASES
• POLLUTED WATER
• CHEMICAL CONSUMPTION (EVEN MAKE-UP SHOWS UP IN BLOOD STREAM) – INCREASED CANCERS
• CROP DUSTING (PROVIDES “CONTRACEPTIVE” VS. KILLS BUGS: NOW, SPERM COUNT DROPS IN N. AMERICA)
WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH POPULATION SUCH POPULATION
CHANGES?CHANGES?
• Fail to generate enough children to support the elderly
• Older population drains children and grandchildren
• Who supports Social Security?
• So, do we need immigration?