Russia has moved to classify key demographic statistics following a dramatic collapse in its birth rate, which has plunged to levels not seen since the late 18th or early 19th century, according to a leading Russian demographer.
For decades, Russia has been experiencing a plunging birth rate and population decline, which appears to have worsened amid its ongoing invasion of Ukraine—with high casualty rates and men fleeing the country to avoid being conscripted to fight.
Projections estimate that Russia’s population will fall to about 132 million in the next two decades. The United Nations has predicted that in a worst-case scenario, by the start of the next century, Russia’s population could almost halve to 83 million.
That’s not a good look…
If AI and robots will take over so many jobs, why is a declining birthrate a bad thing, in the long term?
I don’t think ruzies are worried about technologies they can’t even afford.
because all wars are a war of attrition. the country with the largest military or the deepest pockets always wins.
Even russian women don’t like russians.
I think the implication is actually that there’s a marked dropoff of eligible young Russian men. To preserve a generation, Russia might soon need to use more North Koreans on the Ukrainian front, but that comes with its own problems and risks.
It’s weird that Putin’s avoiding peace negotiations, as he more than anyone needs to find a way to scale back the war effort before his hold on power begins to waver. I get that he needs to save face while doing so, but he’s not gonna get conditions more favorable than a Trump administration, so the clock is ticking.
Consider that he might not want it to end. If it ends, a wartime economy is no longer an excuse/distraction and he’d have to contend more with the disaster he’s created.
No one wants their children to grow up in a corrupt Oligarchy.
…Wow.
So what’s the tankie angle to this? From that perspective, the war is objectively awful for Russia, even if all the stated war goals are true.
So what’s the tankie angle to this?
“Sure this news is bad, but what about this non sequitur?”
“see! Putin is pro environment! Less people is better!”
“Can’t have racism if there are no remaining races!”
Ah, the Genghis Khan defence. Bold move!
war is always bad for the working class. nothing new here.
It’s all a consequence of Western decadence, of course.
They would probably agree
Tankie angle: Any nation that becomes wealthy has the issue of declining birth rates. Putin is just soooooooooo great of a leader, he made every single Russian a trillionaire over night. Everything is better under Putin. Why can’t you see the objective truth? Russia is better than any other nation. That’s why I live in Europe and never intend to return. I don’t see the problem here. Banned for being a reactionary pig. Give money to me.
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yea putin, fuck the world up and then complain that people are not making kids. we will all die in our own filth when the infrastructure collapses and you can wipe your ass with all that money and power
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You’re literally rooting for the extinction of an ethnicity. Don’t conflate a people with their government. The folks in the Twin Towers did not deserve to die, regardless of all the horrible things their goverment has done. The folks at the October 7th festival did not deserve to die, regardless of the horrible things their government has done. Russians do not deserve to go extinct, regardless of the horrible things their government has done. Please try to keep your genocidal tendencies in check.
The population are not absolved of responsibility
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/23538
Stop being an enabler.
So you’re saying October 7th was a good thing? And you’re saying that Ukraine deserved to be invaded on account of the 1919 pogroms? I strongly disagree, and I think you’re a ghoul for advocating such things.
Yes yes, “just doing my job, not my fault” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders
So are you saying Americans deserved 9/11? Because I disagree with that.
Oh we are now upvoting posts that condemn a whole culture as evil. Very classy Lemmy.
Evil like raping your subordinates on the battlefield or evil like kidnapping children and cultural genocide? Or evil like sit on your hands and allow your rulers to destroy you and world security for hundreds of years?
Were they under orders to rape corpses or does that come natural
It’s been deleted so don’t blame lemmy
I think the mods are doing an okay job here, but I also think it’s fair to judge the community by what they upvote. And before it was deleted, there were definitely more upvotes than downvotes on something very blatantly genocidal. And there’s still a comment up in this thread on some bizarre hick race science shit, again with a bunch of upvotes. Cartoonishly racist, still up, and with a bunch of upvotes. I think this does say sth about the community.
I wonder would you say the same thing about Nazis in 1940s
Fewer Russians is excellent news, not every culture needs to stick around forever.
I wonder whether people would downvote this if it was Nazis in 1940s huh
If they classify it, it means it’s a lot worse. Ukraine should send more steriliser over to russia.
Ukraine didn’t cause Russian men to lose their balls, they gave those up willingly.
China will help repopulate Russia. Forcibly.
Yep always silence the messenger, that’ll fix it! 👍
it’s working so far no? literally zero opposition for putin
There’s still a problem. You’re just not measuring it anymore.
So, no, it’s very much not fucking working.
