i do not fuck with marxists because their main political ideology seems to be that no one is allowed to have fun, ever, for any reason
just a deeply joyless, dogmatic people
It is honestly just insane how Slavs blew the last century.
In 1914, the Russian Empire had a TFR of ~7.4 and accounted for ~8–12% of all births worldwide.
Today, all of Europe combined accounts for ~4.5%.