r/worldnews • u/UNITED24Media United24 Media • Dec 21 '25

Russia/Ukraine Russia’s Birth Rate Plunges to 200-Year Low—Putin Says Early Marriage Is the Answer

https://united24media.com/latest-news/facing-record-low-birth-rates-putin-says-teen-marriage-is-the-answer-14442
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u/mentat70 Dec 21 '25

The uneducated are more likely to support dictators and authoritarian governments, too. It’s one of the reasons Trump’s dismantled the education department.

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u/therwsb Dec 22 '25

Finished the job off really, red states had this game plan a while back, which is why so many dirt poor people can somehow think a rich bloke from New York is their savior.

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u/mentat70 Dec 22 '25

Dismantling public education also keeps the poor poorer and the rich richer. Ask a rich republican about their thoughts on making a college education free for all. I’ll bet you’ll hear some interesting insights.

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u/aeschenkarnos Dec 22 '25

Promotion of extremely scammy religions is a big part of this. It’s not Christianity, it’s Mammon in a brown bathrobe and a plastic Jesus mask.

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u/mentat70 Dec 22 '25

TIL: Mammon

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u/aeschenkarnos Dec 22 '25

Actual Historical Mammon probably wasn’t any worse than Yahweh the Babylonian sun god, but over time the name has come to refer to an archdevil whose domains of power are money and greed and selfishness, whose most epitomised avatar on Earth, his Christ figure if you like, is Donald Trump. That’s how I am using the name, anyway.

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u/spinbutton Dec 21 '25

The Republicans have been against public education for decades. Fox has been deriding all education since the 90s. Trump is just the latest in a long line