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doesn't this contradict your observation, some days ago, that (going by memory) "lots of people are not an asset for a country anymore, but a liability"?

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That depends on “the people” - dependents or independents…

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(Or more bluntly : some citizens are productive assets and others costs to states : pre automation, more (most) of us healthy people fell into group 1, but the API curve is merciless and the rarer 1s get the more governments will bribe & compete for them.)

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