You don&#x27;t get to dismiss a valid idea by denoucing it as &quot;leftist&quot;. IMO, the protections against the majority oppressing the minority is just as important for democracy as everybody having exactly one vote.<p>Obviously, 51% of the population voting to enslave the &quot;other&quot; 49% would be completely unfair and IMO un-democratic (even if it was enacted by democratic means). We could argue about how much each subsection of the society should contribute (or get) for the world to be &quot;fair&quot;, but honestly, I&#x27;m not even that concerned about that; what I&#x27;m concerned is the <i>trend</i> (of older people increasing in numbers (power to enact benefits for themselves by taxing others) but decreasing in productivity (contributions)). If that trend continues making the benefits&#x2F;contributions disproportionate, at some point it&#x27;s bound to become unsustainable and the system will collapse.