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> It's a great example of the trade-off between personal freedoms and economic security. Umm, no this isn't a trade-off you need to make. Look at Scandinavia a
by guerrilla 5y ago
> It's a great example of the trade-off between personal freedoms and economic security.
Umm, no this isn't a trade-off you need to make. Look at Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. In Sweden, we have complete economic security and personal freedoms. I don't know why you'd think authoritarianism is a necessary trade off for even less economic security than here.
- stackbutterflow 5y agoParent can also look at Japan, Korea and Taiwan. People who make it a western democracies vs Singapore's ideal authoritarianism conveniently forget about those three asian countries.
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- ashconnor 5y agoYou're comparing three mono-ethnic countries to Singapore's multi-ethnic, multi-religious society. South Korea and Taiwan were military dictatorships for much of their economic rise.
- ashconnor 5y agoIt's a trade-off voters believe. It's not my own opinion. Singapore would function perfectly well without the authoritarianism I'm sure.