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I'll counter your wikipedia link with one of my own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regimes Not seeking t

I'll counter your wikipedia link with one of my own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regimes Not seeking to discredit the ruling party. What they've done with Singapore is nothing short of a miracle. But the fact is that they're still backed up by a ridiculously strong army, and the opposition party exists just so they can say there is one (but is frequently bullied regardless).

onetimemanytime 7y ago
Singapore is way to small and easy to run an experiment, for whatever time it lasts. A shakeup in world order and they lose their status
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yorwba 7y ago
Singapore is classified as changing from civilian dictatorship to military dictatorship in 2004 in the source data [0] for that article because the newly elected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was a brigadier general until 1984. So it's for purely formal reasons, not because there was a military takeover. Note that by this measure, there can be "military democracies", such as the U.S. during 55 years (in 1946-2008) where the president was ex-military (e.g. Bush). [0] https://sites.google.com/site/joseantoniocheibub/datasets/democracy-and-dictatorship-revisited https://sites.google.com/site/joseantoniocheibub/datasets/de...
- ValentineC 7y ago
  > Singapore is classified as changing from civilian dictatorship to military dictatorship in 2004 in the source data for that article because the newly elected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was a brigadier general until 1984. So it's for purely formal reasons, not because there was a military takeover. The Singapore government has been trying to move away from this — a significant part by requesting that the press address them as "Mr", instead of their military ranks. There was a time when Lee Hsien Loong was addressed as `BG (NS) Lee Hsien Loong` everywhere [1]. One of the potential heirs to the Prime Ministership is the ex-Chief of Army, Chan Chun Sing [2]. It's very rare to see either the media, or the government themselves, to address him as `MG (NS) Chan Chun Sing` in their publications. [1] Example from a government website: https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/speeches/record-details/77e6b874-115d-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/speeches/record-detail... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Chun_Sing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Chun_Sing

onetimemanytime 7y ago

Singapore is way to small and easy to run an experiment, for whatever time it lasts. A shakeup in world order and they lose their status

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yorwba 7y ago

Singapore is classified as changing from civilian dictatorship to military dictatorship in 2004 in the source data [0] for that article because the newly elected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was a brigadier general until 1984. So it's for purely formal reasons, not because there was a military takeover. Note that by this measure, there can be "military democracies", such as the U.S. during 55 years (in 1946-2008) where the president was ex-military (e.g. Bush). [0] https://sites.google.com/site/joseantoniocheibub/datasets/democracy-and-dictatorship-revisited https://sites.google.com/site/joseantoniocheibub/datasets/de...

ValentineC 7y ago
> Singapore is classified as changing from civilian dictatorship to military dictatorship in 2004 in the source data for that article because the newly elected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was a brigadier general until 1984. So it's for purely formal reasons, not because there was a military takeover. The Singapore government has been trying to move away from this — a significant part by requesting that the press address them as "Mr", instead of their military ranks. There was a time when Lee Hsien Loong was addressed as `BG (NS) Lee Hsien Loong` everywhere [1]. One of the potential heirs to the Prime Ministership is the ex-Chief of Army, Chan Chun Sing [2]. It's very rare to see either the media, or the government themselves, to address him as `MG (NS) Chan Chun Sing` in their publications. [1] Example from a government website: https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/speeches/record-details/77e6b874-115d-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/speeches/record-detail... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Chun_Sing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Chun_Sing