MUSK URGES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN “OR THE CULTURE OF ITALY, JAPAN AND FRANCE WILL DISAPPEAR”

Sun 17 December 2023:

X Corp owner Elon Musk urged Italians and other people in developed countries to have more children “or the culture of Italy, Japan, and France will disappear.”

US billionaire Elon Musk stated during a political festival organized by Italian leader Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party that having more children is the only way to reverse the population declines that are endangering the economies of many advanced countries.

On Saturday, Musk told the Arteju political festival in Rome that immigration cannot fix the demographic challenge that several major economies, including Italy and Japan, are battling.

“My advice to all government leaders and people is: make sure you have children to create a new generation,” he said.

Musk has 11 known children with three different mothers, and he took to the stage with one of them in his arms saying that “demographics is important”.

Musk urged Italians and populations in other industrialised countries to have children “or the culture of Italy, Japan and France will disappear.”

“We are in danger of no longer having these countries,” he said.

Musk told the audience that Italy is “an incredible country” and “a good place to invest” but added that “companies investing ask themselves: will there be enough people working?”

“Maybe I’m repeating myself but these are the facts,” he added.

Musk said he was “very supportive of legal immigration,” saying countries should welcome anyone honest and willing to work hard.

He did say that there should be more vetting of immigrants’ credentials, suggesting that it is not possible to assess who met these characteristics without monitoring to a greater extent.

“Let’s increase legal immigration, but we must end illegal immigration,” Musk said.

Italian leader Meloni has made reversing Italy’s population decline one of the key priorities of her government and the 2024 budget bill still before parliament contains several measures in support of families with children.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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