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Noah Horlacher

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FEBRUARY 2026

America is depopulating: is Thanos to Blame?

By Noah Horlacher
February 02, 2026 07:58 PM
In April of 2018, Avengers: Infinity War stunned critics and audiences with one of the most terrifying cinematic cliffhangers of all time. The all-powerful infinity “snap” that caused many of the film's main protagonists, along with half of its living Universe, to disappear into thin air. While the prospect of an infinity “snap” isn’t looming over Earth and its heroes today, there is a much more subtle danger that may threaten the same terrible end as the one perpetrated by the villain Thanos himself: The gradual, steady decline in childbearing worldwide.
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