{"id":1489770,"date":"2022-05-24T11:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489770"},"modified":"2022-05-24T11:45:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:45:25","slug":"we-just-need-to-celebrate-having-kids-elon-musk-sounds-off-on-americas-dwindling-birthing-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-just-need-to-celebrate-having-kids-elon-musk-sounds-off-on-americas-dwindling-birthing-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Just Need To Celebrate Having Kids\u2019: Elon Musk Sounds Off On America\u2019s Dwindling Birthing Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-just-need-to-celebrate-having-kids-elon-musk-sounds-off-on-americas-dwindling-birthing-rate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489770&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Billionaire and tech visionary Elon Musk sounded the alarm about America\u2019s dwindling birth rate on Tuesday while saying that the solution is, in part, to \u201ccelebrate having kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk has warned about the world\u2019s underpopulation in the past but focused specifically on the United States in his latest comments. The potential new owner of Twitter added that America\u2019s birth rate has been unsustainable for half a century.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSA birth rate has been below min sustainable levels for ~50 years,\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have.<\/p>\n<p>I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1529100718065569792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk, who has eight children, also added that wealthier people tend not to have as many children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have. I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Statista <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/241530\/birth-rate-by-family-income-in-the-us\/#:~:text=As%20the%20income%20scale%20increases,43.92%20births%20per%201%2C000%20women.&#038;text=Income%20and%20high%20birth%20rates,States%2C%20but%20around%20the%20world.\">noted<\/a> that In 2017 \u201cthe birth rate in the United States was highest in families that had under 10,000 U.S. dollars in income per year, at 66.44 births per 1,000 women. As the income scale increases, the birth rate decreases, with families making 200,000 U.S. dollars or more per year having the lowest birth rate, at 43.92 births per 1,000 women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robby Starbuck, a Tennessee GOP congressional candidate, responded to Musk by claiming that \u201cAmerica needs a culture shift that celebrates the nuclear family &#038; having kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk pushed back, saying, \u201cWe just need to celebrate having kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We just need to celebrate having kids<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1529099462341165057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s tweets come days after he slammed the notion that having more children somehow contributes to global warming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people think that having fewer kids is better for the environment. That\u2019s total nonsense,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/economy\/is-having-fewer-kids-good-for-environment-elon-musk-terms-it-total-nonsense\/967535\/\">said<\/a> during the All-In Summit on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe environment\u2019s gonna be fine even if we doubled the population. And I know about environmental stuff. We can\u2019t have civilization just dwindle into nothing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Some people think that having fewer kids is better for the environment. Environment&#8217;s gonna be fine even if we doubled the population. Japan had lowest birth rate. Having kids is essential for maintaining civilization. We can&#8217;t let civilization dwindle into nothing.&#8221; \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i03zytLDTJ\">pic.twitter.com\/i03zytLDTJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pranay Pathole (@PPathole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PPathole\/status\/1527602770018467840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk also mocked the idea that it was somehow immoral to bring children into the world in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have heard many times. \u2018How can I bring a child into this terrible world?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018have you read history?&#8217;\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/economy\/is-having-fewer-kids-good-for-environment-elon-musk-terms-it-total-nonsense\/967535\/\">added<\/a>. \u201cBecause let me tell you, it was way worse back then.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December, Musk also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-warns-civilization-will-crumble-without-people-having-more-kids\">said,<\/a> according to the New York Post, that he believes underpopulation is one of the greatest threats to civilization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birthrate and the rapidly declining birthrate,\u201d Musk said at the time. \u201cAnd yet, so many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire and tech visionary Elon Musk sounded the alarm about America\u2019s dwindling birth rate on Tuesday while saying that the solution is, in part, to \u201ccelebrate having kids.\u201d Musk has warned about the world\u2019s underpopulation in the past but focused specifically on the United States in his latest comments. 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