Billionaire
Elon Musk has said that his “only ask” of his gay
Friends is that they “have children for the continuance of civilisation”. The owner of X/Twitter made the comments on the platform – which he bought in April 2022 for approximately $44 billion (£34.75 billion) – in response to being asked by an anonymous user: “Do you love the gays?” In reply,
SpaceX founder Musk, 52, wrote: “My observation is that people are born one way or another, it is not a choice. People should find mutual love and happiness where their heart leads them. “I only ask of my gay friends that they have children for the continuance of civilisation.” This is not the first time Elon Musk has voiced his views on the planet’s population. , hosted by the conservative right-wing Brothers of
Italy party in December, he told people to have more babies to ensure their “culture” doesn’t “disappear”. He went on to claim that, otherwise, the . At the same event, Musk raged about a “woke mind virus”, a topic he continues to mention and has called “anti-civilisational”, for which he has been . Weighing in on a variety of issues, he also wrote on X: “My positions are centrist: secure borders, safe and clean cities, don’t bankrupt America with spending,
racism against any race is wrong, no sterilisation below [the] age of consent. Is this right-wing?” Since taking over X, Musk has been criticised for reinstating previously and , as well as for touting conspiracy theories – including about the , the husband of US Democrat
Nancy Pelosi.