The College of Texas Tower on the College of Texas campus. The college was the location of the latest “Natal Con” gathering.
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The College of Texas Tower on the College of Texas campus. The college was the location of the latest “Natal Con” gathering.
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Billionaire Elon Musk informed Fox Information lately that falling delivery charges maintain him up at evening. It is a drum he is been beating for years.
Musk is without doubt one of the world’s most seen people to raise this perspective. Vice President JD Vance additionally talks about wanting to extend birthrates within the U.S.
However it’s not simply them. There are discussions throughout the political spectrum about delivery charge decline and what it means for the financial system.
One response to this decline is a trigger that is been taken up by the suitable, and it has a reputation – Pronatalism. Lots of its advocates met up lately in Austin, Texas, at “Natal Con.”
Pronatalists assume they’ve a pleasant viewers within the White Home. How do they wish to use it?
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