@MiguelMadeira11 @Dljokl @SunriseEnjoyer Most non-Kurdish areas are over that number as well. That would imply huge Kurdish diaspora. Not sure if that's the case, though.
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Markku Prunt
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Turks have a TFR of 1.11. They are "Muslims."
Ethnic Russians also have a TFR of 1.1.
But Swedes have a TFR of 1.6, as do Danes, white Americans, etc.
Can anyone explain this to me? Why are the based and trad countries worse at having babies than "Atlanticist degenerates"?
Divide et impera@Divideetimpera5
@BirthGauge TFR by Turkish Provinces 2025:
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@vanhanenist I am not advocating for that, nor have I implied this in any way. You are making things up. In our correspondence so far, the only coherent statement you made was regarding housing affordability. I do not read your mind. If you would like to change the topic, please state so.
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@MarkkuPrunt How is making Portuguese people a minority in their own country to protect the economic interests of the wealthy not evil capitalism?
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*ESL intensifies*
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Do you know how many people got obliterated by student debt to pay for the institution I got my bachelor's degree from Mr. Capitalist?
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@vanhanenist Are you holding it against me that I didn't learn English from reality Jersey Shore? You haven't substantially addressed any of my arguments. And its fine, you are not obliged to. But why sink so to throw a public temper tantrum?
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@MarkkuPrunt I don't own property in Estonia either
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It's depressing watching a country just keep on like this and never simply raise taxes on foreign homeowners somehow
EuroMaximalist 🇪🇺@euromaximal
The housing situation in Portugal is a travesty. Median net salary in Portugal is around 1200€. The average rent for a one bedroom apartment in Lisbon? Around 1300€ in 2026. Want to buy instead? It’s 400,000€. One salary literally isn’t enough for even the smallest house. Young people have no future. Entire generations are going to be plunged into poverty and homelessness. And what do the governments do? Nothing. They literally don’t care. Radical change is needed or something disastrous is going to happen.
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@vanhanenist If God has divined this to you, who am I to argue.
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@vanhanenist And what does all of this has to with the housing shortage in Lisbon? Seems like you are hell bent on characterizing me as some evil capitalist.
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@MarkkuPrunt Jersey Shore Community College or some s
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@Vega_scienc @Anthonio176 @aruvinchan EU certainly has its issues. But the benefits far outweigh the problems. In my experience, the discussions here that touch on EU are not serious. The fundamental aspects are rarely touched and I suspect the average American doesn't understand how the EU works at all.
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I think Europeans take for granted living in Europe.
You can just buy a ticket on a whim to fly to Greece, Italy, France, England, Slovenia, Croatia, Malta, whatever takes your fancy, for a quick weekend getaway.
Often for really cheap too via Ryanair, like way cheaper than Spirit was.
I just bought a ticket to Rome from Barcelona for ~€40. 🤯
And you don't even need a passport.
Many Europeans don't even have a passport due to the Schengen Area.
In the US, if you fly 3 hours away, you end up in freaking Topeka, Kansas with nothing to do.
In Europe, you could end up in the Swiss Alps, the Mediterranean coast, quaint Italian towns, French vineyards, the Eiffel Tower, the freaking Colosseum, etc. etc.
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@vanhanenist Just called out my flowery prose and now "avaricious". I'm glad you are able make fun on your own expense ;)
Ofc, I hold multiple properties in Lisbon & my income as a rent-seeker is dependent on conveying people on Twitter that real estate taxes is bad policy.
This is a farce
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@MarkkuPrunt Your argument is that the obvious demographic corollary to Portugal's rent crisis can't be seen by one that only sees people as economic units so I must be disguising. The deception is pretending to care about the Portuguese until you sense you might be taxed more. Avaricious.
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@rodrigomsf07 @vanhanenist Interesting point, thank you. What is stopping for new entries to the building market if the demand is apparently there. I get it, margins are lower but if it really is only an issue of not enough capacity, then it is money lying on the ground, no?
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@MarkkuPrunt @vanhanenist The problem is that Portugal's construction segment was completely recked after 2008 and the part that remains today is completely absorbed by building new, luxury projects, instead of the median class buildings they used to build.
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@vanhanenist Are you holding it against me that I didn't learn English from reality Jersey Shore?
You haven't substantially addressed any of my arguments. And its fine, you are not obliged to. But why sink so to throw a public temper tantrum?
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@MarkkuPrunt You think flowery language and a lot of words is everything because you're incapable of substantive thought
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polla meaning head in finnish and 🐓 in spanish 🙃
Román@Zmei_Hhsss
Obsessed with finding strange linguistic "false friends," like the English word "preservative," which in Russian "презерватив" means "condom."
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@MarkkuPrunt Short temper, midwit IQ, functionally illiterate for such conversation
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@Mr__Parabellum @TallbarFIN Outdated airforce fielding largst fleet of F-35s in Europe :D
The navy is alive an well. You aren't being serious.
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@MarkkuPrunt @TallbarFIN An outdated air force and a non-existent navy.
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European countries are arming themselves in rapid pace.
Swedish Navy, cooperating with Finland, is already formidable and much more capable than the russian Baltic Sea fleet, Finland is also strenghtening their navy with 4 multi-role corvettes.
Balance of force is shifting.
Gandalv@Microinteracti1
Sweden Just Bought Four French Frigates. Sweden has selected Naval Group as  the supplier for its four new Luleå-class frigates, announced by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at a press conference in Stockholm on Tuesday. Defence Minister Pål Jonson cited rapid delivery, cost-sharing with France and Greece, and a proven air defence system as the reasons for choosing the French bid.  The deal is worth around $5 billion  and represents Sweden’s first acquisition of large warships since the early 1980s.  Two frigates are expected by 2030, with two more following by 2035.  Not a single bolt from a Lockheed Martin catalogue. Not a syllable of Pentagon influence. Stockholm looked at what was on offer, decided it wanted something that actually exists and already works, and wrote a cheque to Paris. The FDI class is already in service with the French Navy and has been ordered by Greece. Crucially, crews can begin training on the vessel immediately  – a detail that rather undermined the British and Spanish pitches, which largely involved ships that hadn’t been built yet. This is the pattern now. Germany rearming. Poland buying Korean artillery. Sweden going French. European defence money is circling the continent and largely staying there. For the American defence industry, which spent decades assuming NATO allies would buy American out of habit or obligation, this is beginning to sting. The shift isn’t coming. It has already happened. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
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@aesiraloess8 The Europe vs US trope conveniently forgets about Eastern/Central Europe which makes the whole pissing contest look absurd.
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ppl love eastern europeans if theyre russian and then get surprised when other eastern europeans fucking hate russians like what happened to liking eastern europeans
clara ⋆˚✿˖°@coffeetzine
apparently people r surprised that poles hate russians 😭😭 brotherrrrrr
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@vanhanenist First of all it's an absurd comparison, I can flesh out why if you can't figure it out on your own.
Secondly, if your real argument was that having a large expat community is undesirable, then say that openly instead of disguising it as an argument about rents.
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@MarkkuPrunt How would making Tallinn and Tartu majority Russian work
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@vanhanenist How does the presence of transient expat community "wreck" Portugal demographically?
So, you are saying its better to stunt economic activity by increasing taxation rather than addressing the problem of low supply? What legislation is needed, exactly, at the state level?
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@MarkkuPrunt Whatever gets through parliament more easily. Although, your solution would make Portugal demographically far more wrecked by expats.
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@Dljokl @SunriseEnjoyer Not saying he is right but if the chart your link to is "the data", then perhaps he has a point?
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@hazelteab Töö mõtestamine kapitalisti ja ekspluateerimisohus prole vahelise transaktsioonina ei ole minu arvates päris kohane meie kultuuriruumis. Vabandust, kui su öeldut valesti tõlgendan.
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@hazelteab Pealtnägija intervjuu põhjal. Jah, ta peab normaalseks, et mõni inimene töötab muuseas ka pühapäeval ja õhtul. Juhul, kui see töö talle korda läheb. Ta ei väida, et kõik niimoodi töötama peaks. Näha siin mingit ekspluatatsiooni õigustamist on tühja koha pealt rebimine.
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