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While the ruling party (People's Action Party, PAP) and the neighborhood councils (People's Association, PA) are notionally distinct, in practice the two are ve
by resolutebat 3y ago
While the ruling party (People's Action Party, PAP) and the neighborhood councils (People's Association, PA) are notionally distinct, in practice the two are very, very closely intertwined to such an extent that that the two are inseparable. So a volunteer who runs free tai chi lessons or something is notionally working for the PA, but in practice the PAP gets the credit for that too.
As an aside, it's funny how Singapore is known as a hypercapitalist utopia, but the ruling party was originally quite socialist and that's still visible in the naming.
- gmerc 3y agoThat’s because ‘it is known’ is bullshit. Singapore is one of the most socialist places on the planet. - Most people work for the government for example. PSD (public service is the largest employer). Temasek, controlled by the Singapore Minister of Finance owns the every major local company (Singapore Airlines, Captialland, DBS, JTC, etc). - The housing market is 80% HDB and directly government controlled - The tax system is very progressive with foreigners paying a lot and locals collecting a lot of subsidies. People in the US swoon about capitalist wonderland when in reality Singapore is the strongest case for government run economy you can probably find because it a actually works quite well to keep the country competitive and extract maximum value for the population. Go ahead, verify it.