I think China is the first place we're going to see this. A recent article on prenatalism that actually came out today had one of the anti-adilist nonprofits argue that the quote unquote alarmism are a form of coercive action trying to get women to have children. So I mean proactive approaches to a pronatalist world in which women are not robbed of their reproductive rights is kind of important to us as much as people want to accuse us of being coercive. We actually want to defend reproductive rights. And we also don't want anyone who doesn't want to have kids to haveKids to a great extent.We really just want to help families that want to have a lot
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What is pro-natalism? How fast are birth rates falling around the world? How long will it take for us to really feel the effects of population collapse? What are the primary drivers of population collapse? How does the current difficulty of raising children compare to other periods in history? What roles do various religions and philosophies play in population dynamics? What are some non-coercive ways to encourage population growth? What constitutes an intergenerationally durable culture?
Simone and Malcolm Collins are a husband-wife team driving the pronatalist movement, which seeks to bring attention to the risks of a hard landing on demographic collapse. In addition to running the Pronatalist Foundation, the Collins Institute, and a collection of private equity companies, they enjoy writing, having so far published five bestselling books (The Pragmatist's Guide series). To hear more from them, check out their podcast (on Substack, YouTube, or whenever you listen to podcasts), follow them on Twitter at @SimoneHCollins, or check out their books:
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