Often policies don't matter as much as how you promote it. China and Singapore are two places that promote their policies in a way that makes people at home pat

Often policies don't matter as much as how you promote it. China and Singapore are two places that promote their policies in a way that makes people at home patriotic and many people overseas jealous. There was an article here on HN about Singapore a few days ago and I was relieved to see that not everyone in the comments is buying it.