I was much surprised recently, when a couple of Russian emigrant acquaintances of mine unexpectedly started discussing their nascent interest in Slavic paganism.

Perhaps it is indeed slowly becoming more mainstream. The corruption in the ROC and all the petty bickering between the different "Christian" denominations helps a lot driving people away from the Church.

Sad for the honest true believer Christian clerics, of which there are many, good for Slav self-awareness.

Replies: @barr

It's pretty sad, but vaccine hesitancy is extremely high throughout Eastern Europe, Russia is not atypical there. Excess mortality is very high by world standards, but not significantly different from most of its East European neighbors (as well as Balkans and Peru). https://www.unz.com/akarlin/7-million-deaths-from-corona/ But not sure what relation the premature deaths of a million or so pensioners has to do with the topic, though.

You're not going to wave a wand and replace the housing stock in a few years. In any case, it's not a key determinant of fertility levels anyway.



https://www.unz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/israel-ghetto.jpg

Modi’in Illit in Israel. Dour concrete ghetto. TFR something like 6, because populated by Haredi Jews.

https://www.unz.com/akarlin/breeders-revenge/

Replies: @Finnishguy78, @Bardon Kaldian

he is willing to go prison for his ideals.
 

Replies: @Beckow

Didn't you get the memo? Everyone loves Putler* (or is supposed to).

https://youtu.be/VWznjnVL2qE
Rumors mount that a new Russian weekly TV series is being built around these success stories. Who better to play the role of Putin (5'6") than fellow Vova, Zelensky (5'7")?..

*All except for Bashibusuk. :-)

Replies: @Bashibuzuk, @Korenchkin

What is your definition of "long term"? Enlarged hearts? Blood clots? Brain fog? Reduced immune function? Those are the "long term" effects already noted from the relatively short release time of your "vaccine".

Well I obviously don't speak for RT, nor do I watch it for that matter. If that is an accurate assessment, then anti-vaxx propaganda is bad. Being anti-lockdown now is common sense.

My brother works for a multinational with a huge office in India. Multiple people in their thirties have died there, though I don’t know how healthy (or not) they were.

I haven't seen any convincing evidence that newer Corona strains are significantly more virulent, as opposed to just progressively more infectious.

Is there any such evidence? I appreciate anecdotes, but anecdotes < statistics. (Also @ Vishnugupta).

Replies: @reiner Tor, @Brás Cubas, @melanf

Are you guys insane? There is a 99.7% survival rate for people who get the disease. Only the very elderly and those with serious co-morbidities risk death from the virus. A year ago, when we didn't have all the stats, your position was arguable. Now that we know it was mostly hype, can you guys stop and just admit you were wrong? Why not?

Replies: @utu, @Passer by

Many ethiopians are not very negroid looking, so I guess their potential is higher than full blacks in many ssa countries.
 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Meyers_b11_s0476a.jpg

Replies: @Agathoklis, @Pumblechook

Aha! I used to go to great (shortwave) lengths to catch the Nuntii Latini on YLE.
Take that, you bird-eating, snow-sliding, tent-dwelling savage!

You're completely misinformed.
First, most so-called anti-vaxxers are not religious at all.
And most of them are liberal.
Vaccines have pros and cons. I won't do the research for you, but google SV-40 maybe.
And stop watching so much TV, it's not good for you.

Before you make such sweeping mischaracterizations, consider that most Americans have to be vaccinated against certain illnesses as children before they are permitted to enroll in school: diptheria, pertussis and German measles. And as I recall, these had to be repeated in the first grade.

I was just a young child when the polio vaccine became available and I and everyone in my family got it.

I happen to get a flu shot every year; I especially thought it necessary when I had to use public transportation on a regular basis.

I am not against certain vaccines. I am against people like Bill and Melinda Gates, people with no medical training whatsoever, trying every which way to Sunday to coerce the entirety of the population into taking an unproven, and to my mind, dangerous, experimental treatment so they can acquire even more money and to satisfy their sick desire for power.

All science is true science? When science does not make sense, then perhaps extraordinary evidence is needed. Perhaps you are in possession of it ?

Replies: @acementhead

Finnish guy sit too long on lower bench in sauna. Splinter in butt is like vaccination. Next sauna should have bench made of asp. Gets not too hot like oak and does not splinter.

Whät's wrong with being än äntiväxxer? Why should people be forced to be injected with päthogens änd other noxious substänces such as thimerosäl, if they don't wänt it?

Whät's wrong with free choice?

Replies: @Finnishguy78

Pacific Islanders, Samoans, Tongans etc

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpdO7LNUscaDoJt7Hv_3WgrXaYeAvJ_oNeFA&usqp.jpg

Look for the racial composition of the youngest cohort. Pacific Islanders for the win!

I knew this lazy racist slur would inevitably come. But Iceland, whose school-age population is >95% white European, is doing extraordinarily poorly in PISA compared to the other Nordics. Are the Icelanders just dumber? What's the racist cope there?

More likely explanation: why would they bother with a test when their life is on easymode? Iceland's wealth basically comes from two sources: tourism and fishing. Neither is particularly human capital intensive, There are huge swathes of land for each inhabitant, so there's plenty of space. Land is also cheap. In such a low-pressure environment, does schooling really matter that much beyond the basics?

What about New Zealand?

New Zealand's exports is mostly meat, milk, wood, fruits etc. In other words, agriculture and commodities. They also have very low population density with lots of cheap land. Very similar conditions in life. If you're a 15 year old in New Zealand, you'll know that you can get on fine by a leisurely pace in life. Why strain yourself?

Countries like Russia also rely on commodities, but per capita exports are far lower. Russia cannot lazily rely on low human capital exports to get rich; it needs to do very high-end exports, too. That's why it is poor: it has failed to do so sufficiently thus far in large quantities.

Iceland and New Zealand just doesn't need to, given their low population base. They are already rich with much less effort. So there's no pressure. Why wouldn't that attitude filter down to their kids? Life isn't always fair.

Replies: @mal, @RadicalCenter, @Blinky Bill, @AltanBakshi

I can't seem to find a good comparison on Finnish performance in 2015 versus now. I checked the earlier post but Finland doesn't seem to be in the graph(though I think Finland did participate). Did Finland's rankings rise, fall, or mostly stay the same in the last four years?

Most college educated young American Whites have probably voted for Biden.

White males can take over the country if they want.
 

Replies: @TMJ

https://twitter.com/SinoTriumph/status/1323943992006901760

mostly older white males 100% dependent on cups of coffee and credit cards, alienated from their family or with no family, celibate sterile and obsolete.

7,6% mulatto and 43% pardo which include huge amount mestizos too, in any case average pardo is like 25% black genetically so they are not really blacks anymore or loyal to Africa.
 

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He is no longer Jewish. His wiki entry was changed several hours ago. Now no mention of Russian-Jewish father but his mother became Armenian.

Replies: @AP