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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

Simone and Malcolm Collins, outspoken advocates of a “pronatalist” agenda, envision a model city-state focused on increasing birth rates and “genetically selected” citizens to counter demographic decline.

Simone, a candidate for Pennsylvania’s legislature, supports Trump, Elon Musk, and a conservative agenda with Silicon Valley backing. The couple’s controversial ideas include selective voting rights, targeting the “elites,” and embryo selection based on intelligence.

Despite their fringe positions, they seek to influence politics by mobilizing conservative voters, promoting family values, and experimenting with low-cost election tactics to sway swing districts.

The couple’s pronatalist foundation received significant funding from Estonian billionaire Jaan Tallinn. Child protective services (CPS) have visited the family twice following scrutiny over their parenting.

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[-] afk_strats@lemmy.world 66 points 2 weeks ago
[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 46 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like eugenics. Crazy Painter from Austria would be proud.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah Gerstl!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure nothing could go wrong with the Brave New World they envision.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

lol those are the people, in the picture, those people are arguing for superior genetics? Wife is super unattractive, guy looks beta af, both parents have glasses. They are obviously not very smart. And Silicon Valley is backing this? Aside from VC douchebags and execs, Silicon Valley has a ton of immigrants, because we can’t be bothered to educate native born US children properly to do these jobs.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

It's just "behold the master race" with a college education.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Not everyone can pull off the Edna look.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

lol those are the people, in the picture, those people are arguing for superior genetics? Wife is super unattractive, guy looks beta af, both parents have glasses. They are obviously not very smart.

That's always the case isn't it?

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I laughed a couple years ago at them on Reddit too.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

But you see, they are smart because they have lots of money. /s

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 weeks ago

"Counter demographic decline"

Holy fuck is that some crazy shit right there. Didn't make it past that sentence. Imagine white washing "creating a master race" with something almost acceptable sounding. Fuck right off.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

As i reread the article i can no longer find that quote. Not sure what happened so take my words with a grain of salt now i guess.

Second paragraph, "demographic collapse". You're not crazy. 🙂

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you lol

[-] Jyrdano@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I remember reading about those weirdos way back. Wasnt the dude really active in My little pony subreddit?

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago
[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

That’s why j-lo is the ideal human.

Checkmate science.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

‘Mass production of genetically selected humans’ …..did these assholes read handmaidens tale as an instruction manual?

[-] heavy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

This is one weird way to advertise a swinger's party.

[-] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

They look like brother and sister lol.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

"If only we could have prevented all these hereditary diseases somehow!"

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Watched “Gattica” and “Aeon Flux” in the same night and said “wow babe, that looks like paradise!” This timeline has some really shitty parts in it, doesn’t it?

[-] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I mean we could work on the root cause of demographic decline?

Naaa that will effect our corporate donors! Let's just make a dumb solution that can be capitalized!

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

monocultures, dude

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I remember reading that in Mein Kampf.

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