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> Surely that’s because the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to be in control of your fertility, I say. One of the reasons why I chose to have only ha
by pquki4 2y ago
> Surely that’s because the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to be in control of your fertility, I say. One of the reasons why I chose to have only have two children is because I couldn’t afford to give more kids a good life; the bigger home, the holidays, the large car and everything else they would need.
> A generous smile spreads across Malcolm’s face. “People say this to themselves. But – speaking as someone who has a lot of wealthy friends – people just upgrade their lifestyle as they earn more money. We want to have tons of kids, but as a result of that, we’re not going to be able to send them to private school. We’re not going to be able to pay for them to go to college.” The Collinses plan to home school all their children.
Combined with the text "Elon Musk (father of 11) supports their cause." You know how irrelevant this article is to most people. We are looking at the lifestyle of a couple that is elitist and out of touch.
- linearrust 2y ago> Combined with the text "Elon Musk (father of 11) supports their cause." Another example of Elon's bullshit. Fertility rate isn't determined by how many children men have but by how many children women have. Sure his 11 children sounds like a lot but if you consider the fertility rates of all the women he's been with the past 20+ years, it's actually lower than 1 per woman. Meaning his existence has contributed to a far lower fertility rate than the average man. It's like comparing a wealthy emir who has 1 child with each of his 10 concubines in his harem to an average man who has two kids with his one wife. Emir's women have a fertility rate of 1 while the average man's wife has a fertility rate of 2. Given his wealth, if elon really was a pro-natalist, he'd have dozens or even hundreds of kids. > You know how irrelevant this article is to most people. The article is irrelevant because it's just clickbait to generate views and make money. A basic understanding of math by the journalist, elon or the average pro-natalist would show that such movements won't make a dent in the population decline of major countries. They could have 100 children each and it will still be an insignificant drop in the bucket. A change in population trend requires a societal shift where most of the people ( aka non-pro-natalists ) start having more children. Most important of all, it would require society to encourage females to start having children when they are young.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago> Given his wealth, if elon really was a pro-natalist, he'd have dozens or even hundreds of kids. If he was a pro-natalist, he'd be paying people to have kids - his own, or otherwise.