I do not see a declining population is necessarily bad.
That sentiment only works if the society is willing to give young people the ability to opt out of taxation earmarked for pension payments for geezers.
Well, they’ve done that for decades and their birth rates kept plummeting. So, other than that, what? Because without something else they are dead as a country.
Unless Zimbabwe is going to have an open exchange window where their currency can be openly traded in for gold bullion, then it isn’t going to be a gold backed currency.
Hard to believe they were talking about the weather. But if they want to start going after Logan Act violations, there are far, far worse practitioners.
While I agree with you on politics, it’s impossible for me to feel sorry for the Baby Boomers as a generation. Impossible. They are the largest demographic cohort in history. They had the power to do anything they wanted and they used that power to game the monetary and political system to their benefit and the detriment of every one that came after them. Most of what you complained about was caused by the boomers.