Its easy to do, look at footballers, married & children by 25-30. The UK's declining opportunity and increasing precarity does not incentivise children. (View Post)
You get what you put in. Repress a population in the ME and they will turn to extremism to resist. We've seen it in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan etc the rebels turn to extreme ideo… (View Post)
It wasn't in the mid 20th century what it is today. Pan Arab nationalism was a moderating force, Iran was a moderate-ish force. Afghanistan's communist government was yes communist but also moderate.… (View Post)
All I mean to say is the instinct to procreate is there its just squashed. Give people security in their lives, reasonable working conditions and a home and children will come. Make them live in a fl… (View Post)
Doesn't feel plausible. The amount of Russian treasure invested in Assad and his army and to give it away to quasi NATO member with delusions of empire? Seems un-Putin like. Apparently... the CMO hav… (View Post)