“It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates,” echoed the introduction line in the manifesto of the Christchurch shooter who killed 51 people in a mosque in 2019. His claim was that white people are being “replaced” by other races and won’t survive without action.
A few years later, the same obsession with birth rates has become a catchphrase of Elon Musk’s daily social media activism.
