Why Don’t They Want You Talking About Birth Rates?

Chris Williamson · · 11 min

Chris Williamson, Lyman Stone, Stephen J. Shaw, and Simone Collins discuss why falling birth rates are politically taboo and how the left has struggled to build a pro-family message without abandoning feminist values.

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  1. Data shows conservatives average 1.67 children while liberals average 0.87, yet around 90% of people say they want or have children.
  2. The left has left the pro-family narrative entirely to the right by failing to develop a version compatible with gender equality and career ambition.

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