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?