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I knew a guy who moved from rural Dagestan to Moscow to practice polygamy.

And no, I don’t mean some kind of modern polyamory stuff

He was deeply religious, and wanted to live a pious life, like a true Sunni. And he wanted to live it to the fullest.

If he is allowed to have four wives, that means he should have four wives. No half measures, and no compromises

Now the thing is – he could not do it in the Dagestani village he was coming from¹.

The village he grew up in was a closely knit community of few hundred people.

And – although people tend to romanticise such communities, life in there comes at a cost

Specifically at the cost of personal freedom and self expression