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[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Oh noes the ponzi scheme of capitalism will collapse.

Don’t worry, by 2100 famines will make those numbers look hopeful.

[–] daw@feddit.org 2 points 8 hours ago

And still people don't realise what a blessing immigration actually is for everybody involved!

[–] kbal@fedia.io 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Demographics can tell you a lot about how it will go in 20 or 30 years, but trying to predict what will happen in 75 years β€” based on trends that have only been in place for a decade β€” is foolish.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's not like that the creators calling themselves "Visual Capitalist" wasn't a dead give away that this would be based on foolish assumptions πŸ™„

[–] Melchior@feddit.org 4 points 7 hours ago

The forecast comes from the United Nations. "Visual Capitalist" just made the graphic.

[–] Obelix@feddit.org 4 points 22 hours ago

And let's not forget: Europe is literally drowning people who want to live there in the Mediterranean. There will also be refugees coming from whatever happens to the USA right now who want to get out. That map might be based on current population trends, but political events will change everything there.

[–] widerporst@feddit.org 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Whose idea was it to make the color scale absolute instead of relative to the current population?

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

No kidding. That's like half of Lithuania.

There is a joke they say sometimes, something along the lines of "ok but just remember if you're the last to leave remember to turn off the lights"

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 21 hours ago

I love that people are beginning to review cartographic methods, I distrust (and love) cartographers.

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago

On the source there is a table with the percentages, so the creator of the map had that data but they choose to display this nonsense instead:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-how-europes-population-will-change-by-2100/#tablepress-5264_wrapper

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

Better start f u c k i n'

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then let's add climate change to the table and all bets are off.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 points 23 hours ago

Oh no we won’t be considering that. We’re still pretending that’s just an issue for the polar bears.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, Swiss is going to increase by exactly 158 POINT 7 Thousand.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

We've been growing at 60k a year or so for decades. Went from 6m to 9m in just 25 years. This graphic misleading as it apparently ignores immigration.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 20 hours ago

I was referring to the false confidence of forecasting Switzerland to the hundreds.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

It literally says it takes migration into account.

[–] banghida@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago