The U.S. birth rate among whites at that time was 1.85 and 2.1 overall.
Today, America's overall birth rate has declined to 1.78.
Folks without any philosophical knowledge are often aware of Nietzsche's statement "God is dead." What they don't know is that this observation refers to the West's cultural belief in God and was linked to his assertion that the absence of this foundation would result in a era of nihilism that could be overcome only by extraordinary persons strong enough to accept the meaninglessness of life and to create their own values essentially ex nihilo.
It's been said that when persons no longer believe in God, they don't believe in nothing; they'll believe in anything.
Nietzsche's solution to the "Death of God" nihilism he predicted has proven more than disastrous, and surrogate faiths like environmentalism generally exhibit a negative view of the human species.
A reversal of the West's baby-draining nihilism seems inextricably linked to the reassertion of a transcendent purpose that rejects both a grab-the-gusto materialism as well as spiritually vacuous surrogates whose "Gods" are generally reducible to a lust for power.
Put otherwise, the reproductive decline in the U.S. isn't likely to change until most of its citizens take seriously the motto on our coins: "In God We Trust."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/11/the_wests_baby_bust.html
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