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[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 34 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

But Maria said the government's efforts to pull Russia out of its demographic rut were "pathetic".

"Tightening the screws, making safe abortions inaccessible, brainwashing people, bragging about supposedly huge benefit payments, sending them to a psychologist. It's cruel and completely ineffective," she said.

"Everyone understands what women really want: social guarantees, an adequate income, the ability to afford housing, and, most importantly, tranquility and security," she said.

The US is on this exact same path. Horrifying.

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Tankies in disarray finding a way this is bad in the US but good in Russia

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 3 hours ago

The US is on this exact same path.

I'm thinking this more and more often when I see the news.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

In Snow Crash, dentatas seemed like one of the more effective deterrents.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

How long before the billionaires start forcing this? They'll start with the poorest white women, then move on to all white women. Forced enlistment for all males, and forced pregnancy for the white females. The forever war needs grist for the mill, the number must go up.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 5 points 1 hour ago

This was already tried. Romania is the prime example. The end result was kids being dumped into vastly underfunded orphanages. It isn't the recipe for indebted hard working consumers they think it is.

[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago

Epstein was already building something similar. Look at Musk. I'm positive they aren't the only ones working towards having breeding stock.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

When you run out of people for the meat grinder, you turn women into breeding factories.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

This is a bigger problem that predates the Ukraine invasion, though war also tends to be bad for fertility and some people will also die in Ukraine.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=RU

The last time Russia had a population-sustaining total fertility rate was a period in the 1980s when it spiked.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago

Russia's motto: ...and then it got worse.

[–] homes@piefed.world 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

“Therapise”… they’re going to try to brainwash these women until, eventually, they will likely be put into forced breeding camps. It’s disgusting.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

If only there were some way to provide a society where women felt safe, secure, and comfortable to willingly bring in and care for new life. If only.

I would enjoy psychologically destroying a therapist who tried this with me. I removed reproductive organs to avoid children so it would be worthless on their part but I can unload on them until they commit suicide.