Obedience to any authoritarian dictator is the height of stupidity.
How are things for the working people of China, Russia, or Hungary. Young people are FLEEING Putin and Orban's dictatorships. Their populations are both shrinking and aging. Anyone young person with any sort of degree or job opportunity available outside the country, is leaving for greener pastures and western freedoms.
Wary of population decline and the economic consequences of brain drain, the Hungarian government has launched an expensive and controversial program to try to bring young emigrants back home. But many young people -- unhappy about Hungary's political and economic direction -- don't want to return.
www.rferl.org
Russia’s attempts to boost its flagging birth rate — through policies promoting “traditional values,” tighter abortion restrictions and officials’ encouragement of larger families — appear to be falling short, as the number of births has fallen to its lowest level in centuries.
www.themoscowtimes.com
Russia’s population is shrinking. The demographic consequences from the Russian war against Ukraine will echo for generations.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
"Putin's government has not evinced visible concern that Russia's population might be cut in half by century's end," an Atlantic Council report says.
www.businessinsider.com
Scientists and scholars are now fleeing the USA, taking their research and discoveries with them. The western democracies are welcoming them they way they welcomed the German scientists during WWII.
The French government has launched a platform to pair universities and research organisations with international researchers looking to relocate. Called Choose France for Science, the platform is particularly interested in attracting researchers working in areas related to health, climate...
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