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Interesting. Politicians are on a frágil platform already, so how will they deal with further unrest? It's likely to be exploited by extremists and populists, in the same way as Hitler exploited the depression. However, it cant remove the physical requirement for human shelter, food and water. And Spain has potential for plenty of those jobs. (though not so much water at the moment!)

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Strange things will happen.

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Fewer employed means less income tax collected, means a massive shift in taxation will be needed,

from income to consumption, and corporate profits. We all know that governments are tax junkies - they simply can not live without it. And with the liklihood of many more of the population without jobs, the need for government to raise inome will only increase. Difficult times ahead.

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Huge changes in all of that coming.

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Just read a headline today about one of Macron's re election stints. He wants to increase the birth rate, in attempt to overcome the decline in recent years. In a world already over burdened by humans ( this point , politically unacceptable, is increasingly being put forward as THE main reason for climate change - not hard to work out why) why would he be putting this idea forward? The government of France can not survive without an Increase in population to sustain tax receipts. QED!

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