https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/cfcd8b61-07fb-4f22-927a-8074c4aaa74b Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim My editor was rushed due to a variety of factors when making this video, please ignore the few spelling mistakes in the title headers. 00:00 Introduction, Disappearing Towns 01:05 The Demographic Impact of Sudden Impoverishment: Employment, Housing, Children and Poverty 07:56 Employment and The Reserve Army 10:09 Migration, Aging and Depopulation 12:25 Political Consequences and Conclusion The illegal and anti-democratic dissolution of Socialism in Eastern Europe was the single greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the past century. My editor was rushed due to a variety of factors when making this video, please ignore the few spelling mistakes in the title headers. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-population-idUSKCN1B315O https://dorf-alwine.business.site Depopulated and Abandoned Areas in Serbia in the 21st Century—From a Local to a National Problem https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-21/eastern-europe-population-decline-rural-bulgaria https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/18/living-in-a-ghost-town-meet-the-moldovans-who-refuse-to-be-climate-migrants THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF SUDDEN IMPOVERISHMENT: EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE 1989-94 TRANSITION http://web.natur.cuni.cz/ksgrrsek/acta/1999/AUC_1999_34_Rychtarikova_Is_Eastern_Europe.pdf https://www.oecd.org/els/emp/4383228.pdf https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/eca/publication/youth-unemployment-in-south-east-europe-10-key-messages http://ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_142377.pdf https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/icemss-13/8673 https://www.ppesydney.net/content/uploads/2020/04/Marxs-reserve-army-still-relevant-100-years-on.pdf https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?end=2021&locations=LV&start=1960 https://www.foreigner.bg/eastern-europe-experiencing-deep-demographic-crisis/ https://intellinews.com/population-decline-to-take-emerging-europe-back-to-the-early-20th-century-253068/ https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-declining-population https://www.deturope.eu/pdfs/det/2022/01/09.pdf https://hypeandhyper.com/brain-drain-in-central-and-eastern-europe/ https://www.tcd.ie/Economics/assets/pdf/SER/2021/eastern-eu-niamh-howley.pdf https://www.ft.com/content/c5d3e0ae-36eb-11ea-ac3c-f68c10993b04 https://eeca.unfpa.org/en/news/what-do-about-eastern-europes-population-crisis https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2020/03/future-of-aging-populations-and-economic-growth-in-eastern-europe-petrakis https://www.oecd.org/els/public-pensions/PAG2021-country-profile-Hungary.pdf https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-pension-idUSKCN1C60Z6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-croatia-pensions-idUSKBN1W4123 https://www.helvetas.org/en/eastern-europe/about-us/follow-us/helvetas-mosaic/article/March2021/demographic-decline-southeast-europe https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2020/03/future-of-aging-populations-and-economic-growth-in-eastern-europe-petrakis https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/1994-806-30-Johnson.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05775132.2015.1012402?journalCode=mcha20 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:26:04 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/cfcd8b61-07fb-4f22-927a-8074c4aaa74b All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.