Russians who promote 'child-free movement' could soon face hefty fine
www.nbcnews.com
Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of parliament and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said a new bill would tackle the “ideology of childlessness.”
  • phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    17·
    1 day ago

    Ohh, my wife’s ex said the exact same thing to me whilst they were still married. He’s also Russian and loves Putin.

    I wonder why she’s his ex now 🤔

  • Soup@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    302·
    2 days ago

    There’s this shit, and there’s people right here on lemmy that worship the ground this piece of human filth walks on.

      • Soup@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        91·
        2 days ago

        Oh I don’t. But the fact that there are people here that will, does concern me.

      • volodya_ilich@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        1 day ago

        People will probably say hexbear or .ml, but I’ve been browsing hexbear lately and haven’t seen any of that. In fact today I saw a post bringing attention to this particular topic (Russian gvt cracking down against “childfree lifestyle”)

  • Desistance@lemmy.worldEnglish
    411·
    2 days ago

    If Putin is doing it, then Republicans are not far behind. Look for that bill that taxes single people way more.

    • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Russia took a more original turn: as the key interest rate approached 20% APY, legislation was implemented to subsidize mortgage to people with kids (6% APY).

      With rent prices soaring along (up to 75% in some places, about 40% on average year on year), housing market simply prices out everyone without kids, making living conditions way worse.

    • neidu2@feddit.nlEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      Contrary to popular belief, you are actually factually spot on. It is all described in detail in soviet-era files, locked away.

      Even JD Vance confirms this, ans I challenge FSB to release any documentation that disputes it.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    I wonder if Putin’s plan to ban talking about childless lifestyle and saying this will work? Russias are not as traditional as people make it out to be, especially those in the cities. He will just rile up many folks.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      762·
      2 days ago

      Right-wingers reach for these religious or moralistic justifications and laws, but Putin is probably just noticing, like many other countries, that their economy is screwed if their birth rates continue to decline. And yet the planet is screwed if we continue to increase. As climate change eats away at the habitable areas of the planet, the obvious thing is for habitable countries with declining birth rates to accept many immigrants from places climate causes people to flee from. This will help those people and help the receiving country’s economy. Unfortunately the right wing is also too wrapped up in xenophobia to accept this solution. They’d rather double down on controlling women.

      • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        Economies are only screwed with declining birthrate if the goal is unlimited growth. What will happen if the trend continues is stability. Stability is bad for empire building types. It leaves less room for manipulation.

        • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          In any country with public healthcare, there is a problem with how to afford to care for the elderly when the population contains more elderly people needing expensive healthcare than working people paying the taxes that fund it. This seems like a problem that extends beyond capitalism’s growth-seeking. It’s an issue of how to achieve stability.

          • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 day ago

            That is the hole you dig with the myth of unlimited growth. No doubt the correction will be somewhat uncomfortable.

      • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netEnglish
        531·
        2 days ago

        I recently heard a “housing expert” say that cities have to keep growing, there’s no sustainable static level of population, and I thought “there’s better be or we’re all fucked.”

        The problem with capitalism is that it only works if there’s perpetual growth, which (as many before me have pointed out) is the logic of cancer.

    • angrystego@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      2 days ago

      New ones are born every day, as the “women’s purpose” dictates. I wish it was a generation thing, but I’m afraid it’s ingrained on a deeper level.

  • LouNeko@lemmy.worldEnglish
    302·
    2 days ago

    I thought a woman’s purpose is to seize the means of production, just like a mans?

    • volodya_ilich@lemm.eeEnglish
      51·
      1 day ago

      If you’re saying this ironically because you think Putin is a communist, you’re extremely misguided about the current political situation in Russia.

      If you’re endorsing communism, based