Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Steadermen's avatar

Singapore's defense budget is about 2.75% of GDP. 13 billion dollars.

Singapore is where smart capable people go to extinguish their genes. It's current TFR is about 1.0. To get births up to replacement level would require about 75,000 babies a year.

At Lee Kuan Yew's *wild, extravagant, preposterous* suggestion of 100k per baby, that comes to 7.5 billion. About half the defense budget and 1.6% of GDP. Absurd.

Even a hypercompetent visionary like Lee Kuan Yew was nowhere close to being serious about the problem.

Which is more surviveable--being conquered or going extinct?

Expand full comment

No posts