• Elon Musk first aired concerns about USAs declining birth rate on Twitter in May.
• He tweeted, “Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have”.
• The technology mogul’s take on the US birth rate; began with him posting a graph of the fertility rate of women.

In May, Elon Musk expressed his concern over the United States’ falling birth rate on Twitter. He wrote on Twitter, “Contrary to popular belief, the wealthier a person is, the fewer children they have. I am one of the few exceptions.”
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who is no stranger to causing a stir on the Internet with his remarks; is at it again. After initially raising worries about the United States’ dropping birth rate on social media; SpaceX creator Elon Musk has returned to the thread to give a humble brag.

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Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have.

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I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2022

“I mean, I’m doing my part, lol,” Mr Musk remarked in response to his own post; on the “demographic crisis” in the United States’ birth rate.

The software billionaire began his response to the US birth rate by presenting a graph of women’s fertility rates. According to the graph, the fertility rate has decreased from 3.5 in 1960 to less than 1.5 in 2020. A woman’s fertility rate determines how many children she will have.

Past two years have been a demographic disaster

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 14, 2022

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