
(Scypre.com) – Elon Musk expressed a perspective that seemed to support the concept of limiting voting rights for individuals without children.
In response to a Twitter discussion regarding the influence of the “white female vote” on the spread of Islam in France, the CEO of SpaceX commented that those without children have less investment in the future.
A user suggested that democracy could potentially be improved in the long term by restricting suffrage to parents, which could also address concerns about declining birth rates. Musk simply replied, “Yup.” As a tech billionaire, he is the father of ten children, with nine currently living, and has actively stated his commitment to combat underpopulation.
Back in April, Musk cautioned about an impending “reckoning” due to low birth rates, in response to a tweet discussing the depletion of U.S. Social Security funds happening sooner than previously estimated.
Musk firmly believes that population decline poses a significant threat to the future of civilization. In July 2022, he asserted that it is the “biggest danger civilization faces by far.” He has also emphasized that he considers population collapse resulting from low birth rates to be a greater risk to civilization than global warming, although he acknowledges that global warming is a substantial concern.
Musk perceives that many people mistakenly believe Earth is overpopulated, despite clear trends indicating a future population collapse due to declining birth rates.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. birth rate remained stable in 2022 but did not fully recover to pre-pandemic levels. It experienced a significant 4% decrease from 2019 to 2020. In 2021, there was a modest increase of approximately 1%, which experts attributed to couples proceeding with pregnancies they had initially planned to postpone during the early stages of the pandemic.
The United Nations predicts that the global population will grow by nearly two billion people in the next 30 years, having already reached a milestone of eight billion in November of the previous year.