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How many families have the Singapore government's authoritarian policies prevented from even existing, given it's got the third lowest fertility rate in the wor
by logicchains 3y ago
How many families have the Singapore government's authoritarian policies prevented from even existing, given it's got the third lowest fertility rate in the world; hardly evidence of a place where people feel comfortable to raise families.
- noobermin 3y agoThe authoritarianism isn't why sg has a low fertility rate anymore than it being the reason the birth rate is below replacement in the west which isn't considered authoritarian.
- vishalontheline 3y agoHans Rossling's talk, "The best stats you've ever seen" had something to say about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w Urbanization and education are the two most effective ways of getting a population to have fewer children. Singapore is a highly educated and urbanized country.
- petre 3y agoI just hope their population will be replaced by the Indians and Indonesians working to sustain their economy. Same goes for Dubai.
- squokko 3y agoIf that happens, it will come to resemble an Indian or Indonesian city.
- ifwinterco 3y agoThis is a bit of a weird comment about Singapore because a significant part of their population is and always has been ethnically Indian (Tamil)
- ta_9390 3y agoI am pretty sure cost of living is #1 reason and certainly not education.