Elon Musk predicts that Europe will perish and disappear completely
Elon Musk stated on social media: "Europe will perish unless the birth rate recovers to at least the replacement level."
This is his latest warning about the European fertility crisis, emphasizing that population collapse will fundamentally destroy Europe's future.
He had already mentioned last year that countries such as Germany are in a severe disaster, and will eventually disappear completely from the world map.
Many European countries have experienced population decline for years, with more deaths than births, and the replacement level has become an unattainable goal.
Europe is indeed one of the regions with the most serious population problems in the world today.
The fertility rates of countries such as Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal have dropped below 1.4, some even below 1.2, far from being sufficient to maintain a stable population structure.
According to data from the European Union Statistics Office, the total number of births in Europe in 2024 was 3.8 million, while the number of deaths was nearly 4.6 million, meaning a net decrease of 800,000 people.
Against the backdrop of a gradually shrinking population base, this trend of losing a city every year is advancing at an unprecedented speed.
At the same time, the young labor force continues to shrink, the aging population remains high, pension and medical insurance systems are on the verge of collapse, and the original social welfare system faces systemic risks. With the aggravation of issues such as urban hollowing, excess in the education system, and labor shortages, the operating logic of modern European society is gradually failing.
Elon Musk's use of the term "perishing" is not an exaggeration, but rather points out the difficulties Europe faces in terms of policy and civilization.
On one hand, the majority of European youth lack interest in marriage and childbirth, child-free and single lifestyles have become common, and society generally emphasizes individual freedom rather than family values;
On the other hand, the tolerance of European society towards immigration is rapidly declining, and many countries have tightened their immigration policies in recent years, and the refugee crisis has led to the rise of far-right forces.
This has formed a vicious cycle: neither willing to give birth nor open to introducing external populations, resulting in a trend of self-elimination in population.
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