Genuine question - what is your retirement plan? I have seriously looked and didn't find one yet which doesn't need population growth and/or productivity growth.
and it affects all the ways you might retire, no matter if it is "my children will take care of me", "my government will take care of me", "my mutual funds will take care of me".
The situation gets more favorable with more population/economic growth, is difficult in the steady state, and is atrocious in a state of decline. See