Russia's Population Collapse is Worse Than You Think - The Icarus Project

[TexasTowelie]

Russia is facing a serious demographic crisis that could lead to the eventual collapse of the nation. That's according to Vladimir Putin's own words - and it's being made worse by Russia's war against Ukraine. Let's take a look at Russia's population gap, how it originated in World War II, and why it's impacting everything from Russia's military to Russia's economy.

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Interesting podcast--and lots of parallels with the US!!!

Social degradation. Couples don’t have children because they don’t feel as well off as their parents. Hmmm.

Now where do we see that here in the US?

We see that in losses of jobs in the Rust Belt, attacks on subsidies for college and educational training, gutting child tax credits, attacks on day care subsidies.

Since the Reagan era and afterwards, the political donor class has been waging a top-down class war on America’s lower classes, declared or not, knowingly or not, and the MAGA voting base has been too dumb not to see it.