Charlie StrossMay 15, 2023

Low birthrate is UK’s top priority, Tory MP tells rightwing conference

A Conservative MP has claimed the UK’s low birthrate is the most pressing policy issue of the generation and is caused in part by “cultural Marxism”

They're getting ready to go full forced-birther white supremacist here, aren't they https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/15/low-birthrate-is-uk-top-priority-tory-mp-tells-rightwing-conference-miriam-cates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Low birthrate is UK’s top priority, Tory MP tells rightwing conference

‘Cultural Marxism’ and excessive education among factors causing existential threat, says Miriam Cates

The Guardian
Show threadLulu Helle May 15, 2023
@cstross the Tories need to be quiet and sit down. Marxism has nothing to do with why do many of us have chosen not have children. The world is grossly overpopulated anyway.
Show threadCharlie StrossMay 15, 2023
@LuluHelle It was like this in the 1980s under Thatcher. (Another period when per-capita income in the UK crashed during a protracted period of spiraling inflation and rent/mortgage increases.) An entire generation noped out of having kids because they were unaffordable to folks just trying to survive.
Show threadLulu Helle May 15, 2023
@cstross I have been looked at like I am a monster my entire adult life for noping out of parenthood. There are many reasons why I personally didn't. Poverty and no job sure as shit are two of them
Show threadThiago FigueiróMay 15, 2023
@LuluHelle @cstross you’re no monster for making this personal decision. But capitalism needs that growth feedback loop to survive, and the easiest way to do it is to force the proletariat to keep popping children.
Show threadHighlandLawyerMay 15, 2023
@thiagocsf @LuluHelle @cstross
Proletarius, Latin for baby-makers (proles meaning offspring or progeny) #SameAsItEverWas
Show threadLulu Helle 
@HighlandLawyer @thiagocsf @cstross oooft! Right in the etymology! It's always a bit gross when those things match up in such a way.
May 15, 2023 at 11:27pmWeb