Russia is dying...

[BaalChatzaf]

Here is an article on the steady population decline of Russia.

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/drunken-nation-russia’s-depopulation-bomb

The use and abuse of alcohol is playing a definite role in the depopulation of Russia.

Ba'al Chatzaf 

[RobinReborn]

So a country run by Authoritarian Autocrats has it's population decline?  Somehow I'm not surprised.

[BaalChatzaf]

12 hours ago, RobinReborn said:

So a country run by Authoritarian Autocrats has it's population decline?  Somehow I'm not surprised.

China is not dying and it is run by Authoritarian Autocrats. 

[RobinReborn]

39 minutes ago, BaalChatzaf said:

China is not dying and it is run by Authoritarian Autocrats. 

Do you think the one child policy had no effect?  Dying is probably too strong of a word but their population would have grown much more if their government were different.

[BaalChatzaf]

48 minutes ago, RobinReborn said:

Do you think the one child policy had no effect?  Dying is probably too strong of a word but their population would have grown much more if their government were different.

In China the population is not growing as fast as it might have under other circumstances.  In Russia the population is shrinking.

[Brant Gaede]

The basic culture of China, unlike Russia, is not thuggery in spite of the now dead Chinese totalitarians and the horrible things they did. Today's autocrats are barely hanging on to state and military and other power. --Brant

[Brant Gaede]

On 9/20/2016 at 11:37 AM, BaalChatzaf said:

In China the population is not growing as fast as it might have under other circumstances.  In Russia the population is shrinking.

Demographics need to be more particular than this broadest sweep. The primary focus should be on working age population and its future. Then comes the population that can take care of itself. All else being equal, the 21st Century will be the American just like the 20th was for our demographics are much stronger than Europe's, Japan's or China's. India is a wild card, but the bureaucracy is too economically destructive. It's better than Egypt's, which says nothing much.

--Brant