Summary

Russian lawmakers passed a controversial bill banning “child-free propaganda” to reverse a demographic slump and promote traditional family values.

The bill targets materials that promote a conscious rejection of having children and includes fines and deportation provisions.

It comes alongside existing bans on LGBTQ+ relationships and gender reassignment.

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    6 days ago

    Took me a moment to understand this headline wasnt banning “propaganda that doesn’t include children”

    • UsernameHere@lemmy.world
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      China and Russia are pushing their people to have more kids and increase their numbers while amplifying the sentiment that people from enemy nations shouldn’t have kids.

      • Riskable@programming.dev
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        Because nothing says, “I should have children” than living under an overbearing autocratic government trying to control your life!

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      Children are future workers, soldiers and parents.

      These countries see that birth rates are dropping in the west and are looking to become dominant in numbers.

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        5 days ago

        I’m pretty sure their concern is their own birth rate dropping, actually. Have you seen the demographics graph for Russia? They’re facing a complete collapse of their working-age population in a decade or two

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      I have a feeling that they are planning to use the survivng ukranian women and children for something.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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      That is not the problem. Politicians should often be forward-thinking. In the US, failure to plan more than 2 years ahead is a huge detriment to infrastructure funding. Of course, central long-term planning à la USSR that does not consider market developments is an example of how wrong the opposite extreme can go.

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    Oh thank Moses I was wondering when all the flood of people telling me to not have kids was gonna stop! /s