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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (105986)	5/5/2014 2:47:36 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218084

Whether Russia's depletion is by low birth rate or emigration, the point is they don't have a huge surplus of young men, so your worry about Hitler style lebensraum is nothing more than an example of Godwin's Law. NZ has an even greater rate of emigration than Russia. About quarter of NZ's population has left and lives elsewhere. The Russians here I have met don't seem to be "fleeing" so much as doing what Kiwis do when they emigrate [as I did 40 years ago to Canada]. They are trying to upgrade for a better life and no doubt for pure adventure too. Same as this: <"People are going abroad for better college education, for better medical help, for better career opportunities, believing they will come back someday, but very few actually do," said Dmitry Oreshkin, a political analyst with the Institute of Geography. "The intellectual potential of the nation is being washed away, as the most mobile, intelligent and active are leaving."> Muldoon [NZ prime minister 35 years ago] sneered that those Kiwis leaving for Oz improved the intelligence of both countries. No doubt Putin used what levers he had to get Ukraine to stay close. The USA is not shy at all about using such economic pressure to force people to be compliant. NZ has suffered various penalties for acting independently at times. It's a "do as we say or else" choice. Mqurice