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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)
Wed May 25, 2022, 08:04 PM May 2022

Elon Musk Sounds an Alarm on Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea

Elon Musk can't get a particular problem out of his head.

-snip-

For a few weeks now the tech tycoon has been sounding the alarm about the continued decline of populations in wealthy countries due to collapsing birth rates.

"At risk of stating the obvious, unless something changes to cause the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist," Musk posted on Twitter on May 7 TheStreet reported at the time. "This would be a great loss for the world."

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Musk Fears Extinction of Italy's Population

Since then, Musk hasn't stopped posting messages that raise alarms about declining population and that celebrate children. This problem has become a personal concern. During Twitter exchanges on May 24, the father of seven drew attention to Italy, South Korea and Hong Kong.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/elon-musk-sounds-an-alarm-on-italy-hong-kong-south-korea/ar-AAXIihF

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Elon Musk Sounds an Alarm on Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2022 OP
He's a prime example ymetca May 2022 #1
He thinks we can DOUBLE the world's population and be fine environmentally NickB79 May 2022 #2
Elon, STFU. grumpyduck May 2022 #3
We need fewer of his kind, not more! n/t AntiFascist May 2022 #4
Creepy musk is in for a rough ride as soon as... Justice matters. May 2022 #5

ymetca

(1,182 posts)
1. He's a prime example
Wed May 25, 2022, 08:14 PM
May 2022

of the edict money does not equal brains.

Of course, let us not forget the all-too-NOT-subtle racism of that remark.

NickB79

(19,253 posts)
2. He thinks we can DOUBLE the world's population and be fine environmentally
Wed May 25, 2022, 08:25 PM
May 2022

He's fucking insane. We're cooking and strip-mining the planet at 8 billion; imagine the hellscape 16 billion would be.

Justice matters.

(6,933 posts)
5. Creepy musk is in for a rough ride as soon as...
Wed May 25, 2022, 10:01 PM
May 2022

massive famine starts killing millions in vast regions of the world which will be victims of excessive heat and wheat shortages caused by putler's war crimes in Ukraine.

It's only the beginning.

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