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
    5·
    38 minutes 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 🤔

  • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago

    Pooty poot knows how bad off russia really is. The population has taken several generational hits in the last hundred years and he just delivered another. To him women are nothing but things and those things better be producing male cannon fodder.

  • Soup@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    292·
    10 hours ago

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

    • CommunistEnglish
      61·
      6 hours ago

      Where? I have never seen this…

      • volodya_ilich@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        52 minutes 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”)

      • Soup@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        91·
        10 hours ago

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

  • Desistance@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    14 hours 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
      6·
      13 hours 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.

  • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    14·
    15 hours ago

    Anyone who can look at a human being and say “this is what your just do no matter what because of what parts you have and nothing else” doesn’t see others as full people.

    • neidu2@feddit.nlEnglish
      18·
      21 hours 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.

  • LouNeko@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    19 hours ago

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

    • volodya_ilich@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      50 minutes 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

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      711·
      1 day 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
        2·
        1 hour 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.

      • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netEnglish
        501·
        23 hours 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·
      1 day 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.