OPINION: Why America’s Current Low Growth Rate is a Good Thing

According to the Census Bureau, it is estimated that the population of the United States grew by a measly 0.1% in 2021.

This is being reported as the slowest growth since World War I and the lowest since the founding of our country.

The instinct is to think of this as a bad thing and I understand that this is a perfectly normal response. We want more people, don’t we? If we don’t procreate, then we ultimately will face extinction.

Many have noted that the future of the United States is jeopardized by low population growth — which has already contributed to the economic stagnation of Japan and several European nations. For instance, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently said that “one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birthrate and the rapidly declining birthrate.”

“And yet, so many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out of control,” Musk continued. “It’s completely the opposite. Please look at the numbers — if people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble, mark my words.”

But I would like to actually propose that this is a good thing and not a bad thing. Let me explain why.

When you consider the typical nuclear family, they are still living life. They are still enjoying life, working, having children, and doing everything they can to maintain homeostasis despite the pandemic.

On the other side of the coin, when you look at those who are not having children, what are you finding? Typically, it’s liberals.

It’s people who are so crazy that they think that they’re a different gender. It’s people who don’t want children because the world is so messed up which is not a good reason at all. Our children are the future and they can change the world to make it better. But liberals don’t have that mindset. They’re also “doing their part to fight the chаnge in the climаte” by not adding to the population.

Let me ask you a question. If one group of people is still having children and the other group is not, what will be the result of this?

It’s clear that one of these groups will eventually eliminate themselves because they didn’t reproduce. They didn’t have children to indoctrinate.

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