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Putin must be mystified as to why women don't want kids. He probably sits in his $300 million Dacha on the Black Sea to think about it.
on his 760million megayacht, and 1bn+ palaces.
So the old rivalry is back, only instead of a space race, it's a race to implement the Handmaid's Tale.
an enslaved workforce doesn't just birth itself you know?
They should send them to economists instead. So the economists can learn why people dont have children.
True. These people seem determined to find some reason why people are not having kids while ignoring the reason that is staring at them in the face.
Don't forget about the climate and the overpopulation
So women will just lie, and Putin will get the rose tinted predictions that never materialize
Russian Politician: "We're going to implement a nationwide psychological health care system [evil]"
Russian Treasury: "That's going to cost money"
Russian Politician: "Just tell psychologists to do it for free."
Russian Professional Association: "Now nobody wants to be a psychologist."
Russian Politician: whispering to state security service
sound of Russian Professional Association getting thrown out a window
Russia has an estimated population of 146.0 million as of 1 January 2025, down from 147.2 million recorded in the 2021 census. It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world. Russia has a population density of 8.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (22 inhabitants/mi2), with its overall life expectancy being 73 years (68 years for males and 79 years for females) as of 2023. The total fertility rate across Russia was estimated to be 1.37 children born per woman as of 2025, which is in line with the European average but below the replacement rate of 2.1.
By the end of 2024, the natural decline of the Russian population amounted to 596.2 thousand people, according to published data from Rosstat. Compared to the end of 2023, the indicator increased by 20.4% (from 495.3 thousand). However, this decline is offset by massive immigration, particularly from Central Asia.
This isn't a real problem, it's a meme problem. The country is at a historical peak of population, has ample neighboring nations with people eager to immigrate, and is experiencing a slight lull largely driven by the poor wartime economic performance.
And scratch the surface of any of these concerns. What you'll discover isn't a fear of population decline, it is a fear of ethnic Caucasian family lines experiencing a decline. Very specifically, the children and grandchildren of the kleptocrats running the country.
Saying “ethnic Caucasian family lines” in the context of Russia is very different from what you think it means.
Terminology from the nineteenth-century ‘scientific racism’ theory needs to die.
Hang on you're telling me all the people worried about "demographic collapse" are just racists that discount a lot of people (especially immigrants) when doing their projections?
Kurgezant me shocked!!!
How are psychologists going to address ending unnecessary wars, closing the wealth gap with higher taxes for wealthy/no billionaires, and better prospects for the next generation than dystopian garbage fire island?
Right meds will surely do the trick. If not, a lobotomy will work.
Does giving one of your patients bad advice to improve the lives of all your other patients break the hypocratic oath?
Asking for a psychologist.
You gotta bloom where you're planted.
No one is required to have children. Being a parent is a choice. And it's ok to decide not to have children. If people are pressuring you to have kids, tell them they are free to continue to procreate.
It's not a choice in Russia, apparently.
Just watch them be the next to implement a "one-child" policy, but instead of a maximum it's a minimum.
sure it is.
you can have kids.
or, you can--hey that's neat! take a look out this fourth story window!
Russia and the red parts of America in a frantic race to implement the Handmade's Tale.
russia is pretty much further along. china currently is trying to "encourage more sex" in thier population too.
A story about a DIY fanatic who builds their own furniture?
Considering this is an issue that’s affecting many countries, I expect to see this here in the US soon, too.
russia's case is more severe in that they have a severe alcohol problem amongst the population, plus lack of replenishement since ww2, and of course sending any and all males to die in ukraine+ the ones fleeing russia. much different from places like korea, china and japan where people are overworked to death.
It's not real, is a racist boogyman.
Are you referencing the great replacement theory?
Yes, that's what all this demographic collapse fear mongering stems from.
It's actually really easy to support an aging population, you allow immigration.
That just bolsters my point that the US will probably be enacting similar policies.
Next they will start jailing women for not having kids. Nice.
Though I suppose the proper incentive would be to tax people with less than two kids.
Even in the USA tax breaks for having kids are pathetic. The tax child credit barely covers one month of daycare. It's $2200, per year. lol Pumping it up to something like 6K would be a decent start to making children more affordable.
Putin has all the money, it's his reponsibility to father all the children. He doesn't have long, he should get to work.