Elon Musk Warns About Decline In Birth Rate; Slams Biden's Policies

The SpaceX and Tesla CEO made the remarks Monday, in a video call in at Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit, during a discussion of his proposed Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot that could be a substitute for human labor.

“I can’t emphasize this enough: there are not enough people,” Musk said. “One of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and the rapidly declining birth rate.”

The maverick CEO called out woke left-wing cultural 'elites' who discredit the nuclear family, while encouraging young women to postpone or forsake a fulfilling married life in favor of a white-collar career.

“So many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and the population is growing out of control,” Musk, who is building spacecraft capable of transporting people to other planets, said. “If people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble. Mark my words.”

Socialist left-wing policies, exorbitant costs of homeownership and declining middle-class career prospects in many western nations have made it more difficult for young people to get married and have children.

The pro-life CEO has in the past, indicated concerns over declining birth rates. In July, he tweeted a Wall Street Journal article about population decline. "Population collapse is potentially the greatest risk to the future of civilization," he wrote. "Population collapse is potentially the greatest risk to the future of civilization."

Birth rates in the United States have fallen for the past six years, with 1,637 births per 1,000 women. The 2020 U.S. census showed the population in the country climbed just 7 percent from 2010 to 331 million people, which was short of expectations.

Musk during the interview also criticized president Biden's economic policies and reckless government spending; and said he doesn't think the United States need the administration’s infrastructure bill[which congress passed recently] or the so-called 'Build Back Better' bill. He said he’s concerned about the federal deficit: “We’ve spent so much money.. the federal budget deficit is insane. ...I would say... can the whole bill. Don’t pass it, that’s my recommendation.”

The CEO called for an end to unnecessary government subsidies. “Just delete them all.” he said. He pointed out that Tesla has been selling its electric cars for more than a year in the U.S. without the $7,500 federal tax credit, without taking a demand hit.

Biden's 'Build Back Better' bill[which is yet to make it through the senate]  currently includes a provision to extend the credit subsidy for electric vehicles made by union workforces. Musk has derided the union-focused credit in recent months and called Biden a “puppet” of the United Auto Workers.

The CEO also said he doesn’t believe the government should be giving out subsidies to expand charging infrastructure -- though that provision is in the infrastructure bill that Biden already signed into law. “Do we need support for gas stations? We don’t. So there’s no need for this,” Musk said.

Tesla currently operates more than 3,000 charging stations with around 30,000 connectors worldwide, and plans to open that network to other electric vehicles.

WATCH Elon Musk full interview at WSJ's CEO Council Summit.