cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/3235819
Openly defending one’s decision not to have children will be prosecuted in Russia. The State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, is preparing a bill under which authorities will impose fines of up to €50,000 ($55,580) for supporting “the refusal to have children.” The measure affects all areas of life — from casual conversation to films and books — and is a serious threat to the Russian feminist movement.
The crackdown on what the Kremlin calls the “childfree” movement will result in fines of up to 400,000 rubles for individuals (around $4,300), 800,000 rubles for civil servants ($8,600), and up to five million rubles ($55,580) for companies or other legal entities. Foreigners will also be deported.
There are thousands of reasons why a person may decide not to have children, but the Cabinet of ministers has asked the State Duma to make only three exceptions to the law: religious reasons, medical reasons or in the case of rape. It also alleges that there is a mass-organized childfree movement, even though the websites on this subject are little more than a curiosity; Russian newspapers cite the existence of groups on VKontakte, the Russian Facebook, which barely have 5,000 members.
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Yeah, but you put a quarter in their shopping carts guys! What an organized and crime free society guys.
Their subway is super clean guys we can’t compete with freedom like that guys.
Guys, Tucker said groceries are cheaper than America, guys. We’ve been duped into thinking life is OK guys. But also lowering prices in America is also communism guys. Russia has literally the least communist history guys, America is the real Marxist guys.
Trust me guys, American freedom has nothing on Ruzzian freedom guys. All of the benefits with literally 0 drawbacks guys, it’s insane how little consequences there are to living in Ruzzia guys.
There’s nothing more free than a brutally oppressive police state run by a dictator guys, it’s the secret recipe for freedom guys. Trust me bro.
Completely unrelated, but your comment reminded me of this old meme that always cracked me up
Reminds me of my ex
Is there any comment in Russia that won’t get you fined or out of the nearest window?
“I want to have Putin’s babies indefinitely.”
Not specific enough - straight to gulag via Siberia
“I want to have Putin’s babies for as long as he wants me to have his babies.”
Believe it or not this comment sends you straight to gulag
“You WILL provide meat for the grinder!”
Can’t wait to hear the tankie apologetics for this one.
“umm akcshually this is a good thing because the US is bad and I’m way too dense to understand that two countries can be bad at the same time and you’re fascist if you disagree with me” How about that?
“The revolution will need future soldiers to fight the imperialist dogs!”
Wow, the new superpower race is on to see who can implement The Handmaid’s Tale first.
So, how long until the Republicans start calling for this in the US?
They have already done that, just read their Project 2025.
True
Wait is something like that actually in Project 2025?
The document also proposes linking federal assistance to family-oriented marriage plans calling out the Biden administration for “subsidizing single-motherhood, disincentivizing work, and penalizing marriage.”
Under its family first agenda, federal aid should be used for “policies with those encouraging marriage, work, motherhood, fatherhood, and nuclear families.” https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/how-project-2025-could-affect-women/
I wouldn’t be suprised if there was
I see where JD Vance gets it from
It’s like the US and Russia’s new competition is who can be more authoritarian.
Cold War 2: the electric boogaloo
We need more meat to the grind machine
"Listen, verbally defending your actions from criticism is just a western plot to sully the great minds in Russia…
You’re all just paranoid westoids who are too propagandized to understand how this is a good thing."
-Every tankie reading this article before hearing their own idiotic thoughts and going back to hexbear to have an ego-masturbating championship while being too ignorant to seize the means of their own betterment.
Gotta keep the blood factory running.
“So what’s it like living in Russia?” “Oh, I can’t complain.”
religious reasons
I’ve just remembered. We’re all Shakers.
Some important info that is missing:
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Proposed legislation is far from being an actual law. It has only once passed the committee (1st stage out of 5), after which got sent to be re-written. Now it’s at pre-1st stage.
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So far, it has received 2 negative reviews from the administration. First one, from 2022, said it’s redundant, and second one, from 2023 that it’s… still just as redundant as it was.
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2 out of 3 authors have removed their signatures since the first negative review.
Basically, there’s little to no chance this would ever pass. Our “crazy printer” may be insane, but it only does so if there is an ass to lick.
I could even link everything if anybody wants me to. Doubt it won’t get removed, but still.
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Putin caused a population catastrophe and now is trying hard to fix it lmao
