Two-thirds of world below replacement rate
Two-thirds of the world's population currently lives in countries with fertility rates below the replacement rate of 2.1.
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Something Strange Is Happening To Gen Z - Isabel Brown - #1106
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Jun 4, 2026
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Why Family Life Isn't Being Taken Seriously
At 31:40 · chapter starts 30:45
America hits its lowest-ever marriage rate and 1.6 fertility rate. Isabel reads the 45 Communist Party goals from the 1963 Congressional Record, which include discrediting the family and promoting promiscuity. [1] — Isabel Brown "In 1963 the American Communist Party's 45 goals for destroying America were read into the Congressional Record. The list includes: promote …" 32:09
Lowest US marriage rate since 1860s
America is recording the lowest marriage rate ever measured since records began in the 1860s.
Fertility rate 1.6 (replacement is 2.1)
The US fertility rate has hit a new low of 1.6 children per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.
The 45 Communist Goals to Destroy America — Read Into Congress in 1963
In 1963 the American Communist Party's 45 goals for destroying America were read into the Congressional Record. The list includes: promote pornography to break down cultural morality, discredit the family as an institution, infiltrate the church. Reading them today feels like reading a cultural roadmap for the last 60 years.
Communist 45 goals read into Congressional Record, 1963
In 1963, the American Communist Party's 45 goals for destroying America were officially read into the US Congressional Record.
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