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Metaphorical

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1. Even criminal labor is not infinite

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 11:34 PM

Jun 14

I have to wonder what this is going to do to Russia's population. Currently for ever 1000 births, there are now 1600 deaths (meaning the population is now shrinking by about 35% PER YEAR. The birth rate is now lower than it has been in the last 200 years.

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