“AOC is an Instagram influencer who happened to get elected to Congress,” Clay said. “If capitalism is causing less children to be born, then why are immigrants coming here to a much more capitalistic society and having more children?”

“Here’s what’s going on in the grand scheme of things,” Clay continued. “Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than any created system by mankind in our history. It is true that overall, as people are becoming far wealthier in many different industrialized countries, they are having far fewer children. Right. Japan is a perfect example of this. But it’s not about wealth.”

Clay said it isn’t because capitalism is wrong, either.

“We need to have more capitalism to encourage more people to have more wealth so that they feel as if they can raise as many kids as possible,” he said. “We can’t all rely will on Elon Musk to have 100 kids because most people are not going to be as wealthy as he is.”