Natal conference, to be held in Austin in December, promoted on far-right podcast circuit and set to host self-described eugenicists

Natal conference, to be held in Austin in December, promoted on far-right podcast circuit and set to host self-described eugenicists

A high-end hotel in the liberal Texan enclave of Austin is playing host to a conference whose theme is boosting global birth rates, but which will in fact feature racist and eugenicist internet personalities and far-right media figures.

The Natal conference – whose website warns that “by the end of the century, nearly every country on earth will have a shrinking population, and economic systems dependent on reliable growth will collapse” – is scheduled to be held on 1 December at the Line Hotel.

  • flipht@kbin.social
    84·
    1 year ago

    This is a fine position if you’re ok with your worst enemy getting to make the decision about who gets to procreate and live.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      That’s not what is being suggested in this thread.

      The suggestion is that people (all of them) should have better access to, and education about, contraception.

      • flipht@kbin.social
        32·
        1 year ago

        I responded to this:

        The world has almost 8 billion people. Maybe we could do with a few less.

        Which is vague. And vagueness is often used to give plausible deniability when eugenicists are on the march. So cool on you for giving such grace to an internet stranger, but when I read things like this, it always includes what is between the lines.