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.
16 Comments
tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 73 pts · 1y
Coming soon to an American state near you!
breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 1y
Took me a moment to understand this headline wasnt banning “propaganda that doesn’t include children”
UsernameHere@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
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 · 20 pts · 1y
Because nothing says, "I should have children" than living under an overbearing autocratic government trying to control your life!
wewbull@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
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.
MartianSands@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
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
wewbull@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
I haven't to be fair.
Doesn't help when you send the men to war.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 1y
promote traditional family values*produce more meat for the imperial meatgrinderfluxion@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
Russia giving JD Vance some great new policy ideas
solomon42069@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
scottmeme@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
Lmao, not like anyone is gonna want to have kids there anyway
eran_morad@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
boreengreen@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
I have a feeling that they are planning to use the survivng ukranian women and children for something.
Pjonathan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Putin enacting a law that wont affect him in his life time…
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
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.
tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
lennybird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Oh thank Moses I was wondering when all the flood of people telling me to not have kids was gonna stop! /s
Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
CAN something like this really works? Because its not like he did anything at all to make life for familys easier.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 1y
Ƿ get it, Y hæv ė brıdıŋ fetic.
::: spoiler spoiler We get it, you have a breeding fetish. :::