Another example of Elon's bullshit. Fertility rate isn't determined by how many children men have but by how many children women have.
Sure his 11 children sounds like a lot but if you consider the fertility rates of all the women he's been with the past 20+ years, it's actually lower than 1 per woman. Meaning his existence has contributed to a far lower fertility rate than the average man.
It's like comparing a wealthy emir who has 1 child with each of his 10 concubines in his harem to an average man who has two kids with his one wife. Emir's women have a fertility rate of 1 while the average man's wife has a fertility rate of 2.
Given his wealth, if elon really was a pro-natalist, he'd have dozens or even hundreds of kids.
> You know how irrelevant this article is to most people.
The article is irrelevant because it's just clickbait to generate views and make money. A basic understanding of math by the journalist, elon or the average pro-natalist would show that such movements won't make a dent in the population decline of major countries. They could have 100 children each and it will still be an insignificant drop in the bucket. A change in population trend requires a societal shift where most of the people ( aka non-pro-natalists ) start having more children. Most important of all, it would require society to encourage females to start having children when they are young.