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Singapore is not a shithole, and it does many things right, but it seems like it has a lot of problems. Funny to see this article because I thought of Singapor
by graderjs 3y ago
Singapore is not a shithole, and it does many things right, but it seems like it has a lot of problems.
Funny to see this article because I thought of Singapore police as super efficient and ethical, but Tangaraju's case give a backwards impression that invokes racial bias and a flimsy case. It's sad.
But not surprising maybe as it's known as draconian, yet shocking to me how while it modernized its skyscrapers maybe its morals are not modernized.
- nibbleshifter 3y agoIts a clean, modern looking, efficient shithole. Like Dubai, really. Their entire legal system is a disaster, they have quite serious internet and press censorship regulations, serious issues with racial discrimination, systemic labour rights issues, its a de-facto (but not de-jure) one party state, and so on.
- graderjs 3y agoAlright i see what you’re saying. I guess if that’s all true, then indeed it’s a shithole. I find that characterization interesting as normally shithole is used for, “obviously looks shit”. What other places do you think are like this? And more interestingly i think, what about the reverse? What places look shit but are actually not and are really good?