When you live in a country, where the dictator can never be wrong, the only ones left to blame are the citizens.
So now that Putin has killed so many young men, that birth rates are dropping catastrophically, Russian Deputy Minister of Justice Vsevolod Vukolov reports, that new laws will make it illegal for women not to have children.
Do try to keep up, Republicans — you are so much behind the forefront of the dystopian nightmare.
@randahl in late communist Bulgaria we actually had a special tax for childless people. If I'm not wrong a fixed amount about 5-10% of the average salary. One of the first things to be removed when the regime fell.
Russia, America, Israel, France...#fascism is everywhere. There is no forefront once you fall in craziness. Just a bad trip to the black hole the silly guys are leading you to.
@randahl it's a worldwide phenomenon. The highly successful death control policies of the 20th Century have meant that worldwide the need for large families with numerous unemployed young men. This has meant that the TFT has been below replacement rate for some time. This is classical demographic overshoot. It is likely that TFR and replacement rate will converge in due course. But any sudden removal of death control particularly for youths, will lead to sudden and sustained population decline!
Part of me wants to be snarky and say "and how are you going to enforce women having children", and then realized with horror Margaret Atwood already gave us an answer to that.
@randahl
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3 Fotos von einer männlichen Menschenhülle in unterschiedlichen Sitzpositionen.
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We are now actively preparing bills to prevent the spread of childfree movement
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which overall says that young women don't need to give birth, and that they can do without children.
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We need to build such a legislative system that would (ban) all these trends on the territory of the Russian Federation
Sorry to report that the GQP indeed has its eye on birth control:
They blocked "right to contraception" legislation in the Senate, and are eying the Morning After pill and IUDs
@randahl
Some 10 or even 15 years ago, I knew a (French) kid who had been adopted in Russia around 2005-2008 or so...
I can't help but think how lucky she has been, not remaining in Russia and therefore not living now the life of a 20 y.o. Russian.
Now her adoption by a western family would be impossible, and I think of today's russian-born orphans who might have had a rather normal future and upbringing in some european country but won't because they won't be adopted by european parents😢 .