You are right that Matt’s places a larger share of his hope in immigration than birthrates. However, Matt argues that immigration leads to assimilation and that includes assimilating to Western birthrates. His commitment to the political project of one billion Americans seems to require escaping the current equilibrium birthrate.
Sure, but he’s not giving an argument for you as an individual to have more children. He’s saying government should support policies which increase birthrates. So his having one child is not hypocritical.
You are right that Matt’s places a larger share of his hope in immigration than birthrates. However, Matt argues that immigration leads to assimilation and that includes assimilating to Western birthrates. His commitment to the political project of one billion Americans seems to require escaping the current equilibrium birthrate.
Sure, but he’s not giving an argument for you as an individual to have more children. He’s saying government should support policies which increase birthrates. So his having one child is not hypocritical.
That’s fair! The cynic’s voice was definitely too unfair in that context.