Have you ever been to Singapore? It's hard to change views, but I'd like to leave this article with you [1]: > For example, a friend (a German national current

Have you ever been to Singapore? It's hard to change views, but I'd like to leave this article with you [1]: > For example, a friend (a German national currently working in Washington) referred off-handedly to Singapore as a “police state” in a recent personal email. (She has never been here.) [...] That’s not all that perplexes Americans and some other Westerners. Singapore is a “police state”? If so, well, where are the police? One hardly ever sees one, and one never sees a uniformed policeman on a beat on the street. There is no visible acute poverty here, no beggars on the street, no evidence of homelessness, no gun violence, no graffiti, and women can walk alone at all hours of the day and night anywhere on the island without having to worry about being accosted. They say if you want to see a policeman, go to the malls and find one of the cardboard cutouts. [1] https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/11/21/the-puzzle-of-singapore/ https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/11/21/the-puzzle-...