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I think US (not just govt but as a nation) has lost the stomach to put up a fight. I would add developed Western democracies in general.

• baybal2 5y ago
  Not US as a nation, but US elites, some of whom developed rather ghastly fascist sympathies, if not tendencies. They drank the China koolaid. I will refer to a very insightful description of the state they are in by api (https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=api https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=api,) I read yesterday https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29267217 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29267217 *> I consider Singapore to be the most dangerous dystopia in the world. > It's not even close to the worst place to live. That's not the point. > The thing that makes it the worst is that it is superficially desirable. It's like refined sugar, a poison that rots your teeth and causes dozens of health problems but tastes fantastic and is marketed heavily to children. > Only a lunatic or an idiot would want to emulate North Korea but many sane intelligent and well-meaning people want to emulate Singapore. That's what makes it so horrible. It's a shining beacon of totalitarianism that advertises that wonderful things can be purchased at the cost of human rights. > I would rather live, pragmatically, in Singapore than many other countries, but if I were there I'd be fully aware that it's a road to hell.