Recent discussions highlight a global concern over plummeting birth rates, now at a record low, not driven by economic factors but by shifts in societal values and lifestyle choices. Experts like UCLA professors and Joel Kotkin point out the demographic decline as one of the century's greatest challenges, emphasizing that young people in developed nations, including Europe and Asia, are increasingly opting out of traditional life paths such as marriage and parenthood, influenced by a lack of optimism about the future and broader lifestyle options afforded by prosperity. This trend, they argue, threatens to create a poorer, more unstable world. New data confirms that birth rates are at a historic low, underscoring the urgency for a cultural shift towards pronatalism to counteract these trends.
Mass immigration contributes to low birth rates and accelerates replacement by making things too expensive for the natives to have children. I don’t think economics explains most of the birth rate collapse. But certainly if you cannot afford a house because immigration drives up…
People concerned w/population replacement do not ignore low birth rates, @elonmusk. Mass immigration is a solution to population decline, but not a solution to low birth rates, so using it to make up the gap means permanent mass migration from the undeveloped (high birth rate)… https://t.co/wSnhsB2bHf https://t.co/T8wdm3fBAj
The problem with “Great Replacement Theory” is that it fails to address the foundational issue of low birth rates. Record low birth rates are leading to population collapse in Europe and even faster population collapse in most of Asia. Immigration is low in Asia, so there is no… https://t.co/ddGM5R6vWh
Plummeting birth rates are leading us to disaster. In both East and West, the young people of the developed world are shunning marriage and children. We have lost confidence in the future, writes Joel Kotkin https://t.co/p1LHhiTP6a
New data out this week shows the birth rate is now lower than it has ever been in history. And the driver is not money, it is values. Pronatalism - a culture of encouraging children - is desperately needed right now, perhaps more than anything else under the sun. https://t.co/u4Y4g5z3wo https://t.co/MpJBjYyAI6
"Many fertility scholars note that birthrates began plunging as countries grew richer," writes Stephen Malanga. "They assume that prosperity is linked to people having more options in life, which makes having children less desirable." https://t.co/2e1zY3uKqR
The depopulation crisis is one of the greatest challenges of this century. Far from destroying the planet with overpopulation, developed nations are not having enough children. Demographic decline will create a poorer, more unstable world, says Joel Kotkin https://t.co/p1LHhiTP6a
UCLA Professor Warns Young People “Opting Out of America” as Inflation Destroys Their Wealth “People are opting out of America. They’re not optimistic about it, they’re not having kids. Young people aren’t having sex." What could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/7YFBU1nYAf
Is The Economy Behind The Low Birth Rate? Unlikely https://t.co/LbqeZqSSV0