THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent Elon Musk’s Weird Obsession With “Low Birth Rates” Takes an Ugly Turn
Apr 30, 2024
Reporter Gaby Del Valle discusses Elon Musk's controversial comments on low birth rates and the far-right movement promoting higher birth rates at the Natal Conference. The conversation explores the political context behind Musk's statements and the societal implications of demographic anxieties.
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Natalist Conference Focus
- The "Natalist Conference" focuses on declining birth rates in the US and Western Europe.
- The movement is fundamentally conservative, aiming to increase birth rates among conservatives.
Musk's Population Collapse Theory
- Elon Musk promotes the idea that declining birth rates threaten civilization.
- He shared a white nationalist speech, agreeing with the premise but differing on the cause.
Immigration as a Threat, Not Solution
- This movement views declining birth rates alongside anxieties about immigration.
- They don't see immigration as a solution but as a contribution to the perceived problem of "browning" Western populations.