Why Are Elon Musk and Pope Francis Urging Us To Have More Babies?
This isn’t exactly the way to save humanity
Pope Francis has long enjoyed the reputation as the ‘cool pope.’
But it looks like those days might be over now.
A few days ago, he enraged quite a lot of people by suggesting that couples who choose to have pets over children are ‘acting selfishly’ and that this practice ultimately ‘diminishes us, takes away our humanity.’
Yikes. That’s rich coming from a guy who chose a career in one of the world’s arguably most corrupted institutions over having kids and even decided to name himself after the patron saint of animals — Saint Francis of Assisi.
Oddly enough, Pope Francis is not the only high-profile figure who has recently jumped on the bandwagon of shaming people for not breeding like rabbits. Last month, Elon Musk said that ‘civilization is going to crumble’ if people don’t have more children. He also added that too many ‘good, smart people’ think there are too many people in the world and that the population is growing out of control.
Well, at least Elon, as opposed to the Pope, is practising what he preaches. He has seven children from three different relationships, and who knows how many more to come.
