Sure. Or to reduce income tax. Or VAT. We tax so many things which are not negative externalities extremely highly. Yet shy away from heavily taxing something which clearly does harm to many in socie… (View Post)

I agree it's worth waiting to get right. I can't quite decide if this is the best approach or if we need a society-wide change in our thinking on the role of technology for children and teenagers. Th… (View Post)

We (Europe) only really have one direct military threat in the medium-term: Russia. China is outside our sphere of influence. If they invade Taiwan or Russia or Mongolia, we're not going to condone i… (View Post)

I'm fine with the "immigration" option with low birth rates. But if you choose neither, then ultimately in the long-run you're choosing a declining, ageing population. Managed decline, as p… (View Post)

"We need to improve our terrible birthrate and stop relying on immigration" Also "We need to stop helping out people in work on modest salaries who have larger families" (View Post)