… is a bold claim that I hear from Russia-haters. Here are some samizdat stats for your consideration though. They run through 2010 and, if anything, the situation has improved since then: The percentage of Russian children being born in Russia’s regions.
"But the only way to achieve that is to bring back homesteads and rural living. Stop saying that there is another way because there simply isn’t. City people do not breed. Rural life is the key to restoring demography - full stop."
This is true and is something often overlooked when it comes to total fertility rates (TFR). High religiosity, good parental leave benefits, and low IQ are always talked about as ingredients for high TFR, but space and land is often left out of the discussion. I don't have the link but a study from Norway concluded the strongest predictor of new births is "recently moved out of apartment and into single family residence" which was the case in many other countries as well. Obviously this is because people make the choice to move out of their cramped city apartment before they have kids, but people feel too restrained by commie block living and need more space for kids.
Russia has such an insane amount of land. I think this would be a great idea.
PSA: This blogger - Hal Freeman - is an American living in Russia. He himself is retired but I believe he knows a group of American homesteaders in Russia.
One way to do this would be to create the "theme system" of the Byzantine Empire. Land in return for service. Either military or civil. I agree with your other ideas too. Just reading the words 100% Eurocentric state is like music to my eyes and ears.
Actually I think something like this was attempted in the Soviet Era on the sly. There's an excellent book you should check out. One of the best (if not the best) on the eastern front during WWII. It's "Hitler Moves East 1941-1943" by Paul Carell (this is the first volume). Anyway on pages 191-217 Carell writes about the "Khabarovsk Lot" It seems the a group (cabal) of Red army officers created in the Far Eastern Military District a 40,000 man army of soldiers that were given farms and land and became a personal army for Tukhachevsky, Gamarnik, Yegorov and Blyukher. No other book that I know of mentions this regarding the USSR in the 1930's or the Eastern front during WWII. Author/historian Joseph P. Farrell mentions Carell's writings on this subject in one of his books that's about it. Carell maintained that Tukhachevsky and his group may have been planning a coup do get rid of Stalin and his politburo. Stalin may have been insecure and paranoid but that doesn't mean he didn't have genuine enemies that wanted to see him and his gang gone. But the plot got uncovered hence the slaughter of the military 1937-1939. I'm currently writing a historical fiction novella on this subject. You'll enjoy it Rolo. Check out Carell's book when you can and let me know what you think. But I digress.
From my vantage point only Russia is standing up for Eurocentric culture and healthy natural interpersonal relations and relationships. For this she is to be commended and supported. Now the nationalists of other nations need to connect, organize and start the counter-revolution that is so needed if our civilization is to survive and thrive.
Rural repopulation is starting here in the US as well. My area of Maine, economically depressed for decades, is still losing local youth but gaining expatriates from urban regions experiencing socio-economic breakdown. This has turned the local real estate market around, such that prices are rising even for vacant (mostly forested) land. At the same time, the urban real estate bubble is showing signs of bursting. The future is rural; the peasants (the real ones who know how to live from the land) shall inherit the earth.
So how compatible are slavs and anglos supposed to be? I’m english, i guess, i look like paul mccartney or sean hannity, i suppose. I just want a white fkking country again.
There is another option: financially incent family formation. Hungary and Israel have had success with this. Bonuses for third kid and help buying a home.
One of the reasons the country is better is the cost of starting a family. However most people aren't gong to move to the country.
This plays out on the US. Nearly all the women having babies in their twenties are in red state small towns, rural and mid size cities. Some of this is a result of less feminism but much of it is cost. Homes are much cheaper and the need for private schools is far less in MAGA country. Plus you can easily be part of a homeschooling network there.
1. lower fertility is not as much about city life, but more due to high literacy among women and their participation in the workforce away from home. Lower class city dwellers used to have lots of children too. Their women stayed at home and worked nearby, performing tasks of domestic life such as housecleaning or doing laundry for the neighborhood for a small fee.
2. There is truth to the stereotype of the 'yokel': having to interact with the same relatively small group of people tends to create an intellectually sterile environment, plus the social control of the group over each of its members will be stifling, and be the cause of pettiness and will produce human misery.
3. Nowadays small farms cannot compete with modern intensive industrial agriculture, so other than for personal consumption I do not see how such an idyllic rural life can be sustained in the long run. It will be difficult to amass the wealth surplus necessary for engaging in activities for personal growth and satisfaction such as studying, arts, intellectual pursuits etc.
I'll prevent someone predictably coming out with a comparison with the Amish, by noting that essentially they survive by selling overpriced wooden furniture to middle class morons in constant search of novelty trinkets for their conspicuous consumption, so it's kind of niche.
"But the only way to achieve that is to bring back homesteads and rural living. Stop saying that there is another way because there simply isn’t. City people do not breed. Rural life is the key to restoring demography - full stop."
This is true and is something often overlooked when it comes to total fertility rates (TFR). High religiosity, good parental leave benefits, and low IQ are always talked about as ingredients for high TFR, but space and land is often left out of the discussion. I don't have the link but a study from Norway concluded the strongest predictor of new births is "recently moved out of apartment and into single family residence" which was the case in many other countries as well. Obviously this is because people make the choice to move out of their cramped city apartment before they have kids, but people feel too restrained by commie block living and need more space for kids.
Russia has such an insane amount of land. I think this would be a great idea.
PSA: This blogger - Hal Freeman - is an American living in Russia. He himself is retired but I believe he knows a group of American homesteaders in Russia.
https://halfreeman.wordpress.com/about/
Good post and correct analysis.
One way to do this would be to create the "theme system" of the Byzantine Empire. Land in return for service. Either military or civil. I agree with your other ideas too. Just reading the words 100% Eurocentric state is like music to my eyes and ears.
Actually I think something like this was attempted in the Soviet Era on the sly. There's an excellent book you should check out. One of the best (if not the best) on the eastern front during WWII. It's "Hitler Moves East 1941-1943" by Paul Carell (this is the first volume). Anyway on pages 191-217 Carell writes about the "Khabarovsk Lot" It seems the a group (cabal) of Red army officers created in the Far Eastern Military District a 40,000 man army of soldiers that were given farms and land and became a personal army for Tukhachevsky, Gamarnik, Yegorov and Blyukher. No other book that I know of mentions this regarding the USSR in the 1930's or the Eastern front during WWII. Author/historian Joseph P. Farrell mentions Carell's writings on this subject in one of his books that's about it. Carell maintained that Tukhachevsky and his group may have been planning a coup do get rid of Stalin and his politburo. Stalin may have been insecure and paranoid but that doesn't mean he didn't have genuine enemies that wanted to see him and his gang gone. But the plot got uncovered hence the slaughter of the military 1937-1939. I'm currently writing a historical fiction novella on this subject. You'll enjoy it Rolo. Check out Carell's book when you can and let me know what you think. But I digress.
From my vantage point only Russia is standing up for Eurocentric culture and healthy natural interpersonal relations and relationships. For this she is to be commended and supported. Now the nationalists of other nations need to connect, organize and start the counter-revolution that is so needed if our civilization is to survive and thrive.
Rural repopulation is starting here in the US as well. My area of Maine, economically depressed for decades, is still losing local youth but gaining expatriates from urban regions experiencing socio-economic breakdown. This has turned the local real estate market around, such that prices are rising even for vacant (mostly forested) land. At the same time, the urban real estate bubble is showing signs of bursting. The future is rural; the peasants (the real ones who know how to live from the land) shall inherit the earth.
So how compatible are slavs and anglos supposed to be? I’m english, i guess, i look like paul mccartney or sean hannity, i suppose. I just want a white fkking country again.
There is another option: financially incent family formation. Hungary and Israel have had success with this. Bonuses for third kid and help buying a home.
One of the reasons the country is better is the cost of starting a family. However most people aren't gong to move to the country.
This plays out on the US. Nearly all the women having babies in their twenties are in red state small towns, rural and mid size cities. Some of this is a result of less feminism but much of it is cost. Homes are much cheaper and the need for private schools is far less in MAGA country. Plus you can easily be part of a homeschooling network there.
https://www.revolver.news/2022/07/maga-country-has-all-the-kids/
A brief reality check on rural life:
1. lower fertility is not as much about city life, but more due to high literacy among women and their participation in the workforce away from home. Lower class city dwellers used to have lots of children too. Their women stayed at home and worked nearby, performing tasks of domestic life such as housecleaning or doing laundry for the neighborhood for a small fee.
2. There is truth to the stereotype of the 'yokel': having to interact with the same relatively small group of people tends to create an intellectually sterile environment, plus the social control of the group over each of its members will be stifling, and be the cause of pettiness and will produce human misery.
3. Nowadays small farms cannot compete with modern intensive industrial agriculture, so other than for personal consumption I do not see how such an idyllic rural life can be sustained in the long run. It will be difficult to amass the wealth surplus necessary for engaging in activities for personal growth and satisfaction such as studying, arts, intellectual pursuits etc.
I'll prevent someone predictably coming out with a comparison with the Amish, by noting that essentially they survive by selling overpriced wooden furniture to middle class morons in constant search of novelty trinkets for their conspicuous consumption, so it's kind of niche.