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What future? Between the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and the collapse of the USSR, Russia has only a few generations left before experiencing demographic co
by acuozzo 3y ago
What future? Between the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and the collapse of the USSR, Russia has only a few generations left before experiencing demographic collapse.
There simply aren't enough young men there to keep the Russian population growing and the population there doesn't value diversity enough to consider producing more Russian children with immigrants.
This is what many believe (e.g., Peter Zeihan) to be the real reason behind the invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine is "Russian enough" in their eyes, so combining the two populations would help stave off demographic collapse.
- machinekob 3y agoThere is not enough Young women as MEN cant give a birth, still russian demographic looks terrible and this is very good news for all russian neighbors and EU as last imperial country in Europe will die
- EasyMark 3y agoSeems like Putin may be trying to get rid of young men currently...
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- coffeebeqn 3y agoIs this any different from any other country? I don’t think their birth rates are that different from South Korea or Italy or Canada
- acuozzo 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Russia
- spookybones 3y agoOdd plan. The invasion is at, what, ~500k casualties? This also assumes massive assimilation.
- scruple 3y agoDid Putin expect a protracted war?
- _diyar 3y ago> This is what many believe (e.g., Peter Zeihan) to be the real reason behind the invasion of Ukraine. This does not make any sense. Banning birth-control would be the most cost-effective way to increase the birth-rate, stronger social programs being a strong second. Much of what I've heard from Zeihan sound memey – like camp-fire stories or what your older brothers friends would tell you – without anything meaningful to back it up.
- acuozzo 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Russia