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I'm sorry but you are completely delusional. Singapore is a tiny island that sells peace, safety and cleanliness to top investors at the expense of everything e

by csomar 3y ago

I'm sorry but you are completely delusional. Singapore is a tiny island that sells peace, safety and cleanliness to top investors at the expense of everything else. Executing drug traffickers is just part of their investor pitch. If investors decided tomorrow that they like pot, Singapore will go ahead and legalize it.

gmerc 3y ago
I’m sorry but you do not understand local culture and are fact free hallucinating. This has nothing to do with investors and everything with the founding generation having seen the impact of opium dens (there were a lot here) and acting hard and fast on it. The country has no natural resources, all the investments they do go into their people, especially though education. Drugs disable a part of that investment, they won’t have it. It’s not magical caring either, You just don’t get to do things that deprive the country of your labor. We just about decriminalized suicide here. And because of the island with 5 points of entry situation, they actually can make it work for them. People need to go light on chatgpt, it just mimics humans in their hallucinations
worrycue 3y ago
> If investors decided tomorrow that they like pot, Singapore will go ahead and legalize it. Sale of chewing/bubble gum is still banned - possession isn’t a problem though. Frankly, if pot was so profitable that the gov want a slice of it, they would carve out special areas just for it and restrict access by locals to those areas. That’s kind of what they did with gambling. There is a legal casino but as a local you have to pay a $150 daily entry fee to enter the casino - although I heard there is also a $2000 annual entry fee.* You have lost money before you even start gambling. LOL * And if they feel there are too many problem gamblers still, they will probably rise the fee further.

by csomar 3y ago

gmerc 3y ago

I’m sorry but you do not understand local culture and are fact free hallucinating. This has nothing to do with investors and everything with the founding generation having seen the impact of opium dens (there were a lot here) and acting hard and fast on it. The country has no natural resources, all the investments they do go into their people, especially though education. Drugs disable a part of that investment, they won’t have it. It’s not magical caring either, You just don’t get to do things that deprive the country of your labor. We just about decriminalized suicide here. And because of the island with 5 points of entry situation, they actually can make it work for them. People need to go light on chatgpt, it just mimics humans in their hallucinations

worrycue 3y ago

> If investors decided tomorrow that they like pot, Singapore will go ahead and legalize it. Sale of chewing/bubble gum is still banned - possession isn’t a problem though. Frankly, if pot was so profitable that the gov want a slice of it, they would carve out special areas just for it and restrict access by locals to those areas. That’s kind of what they did with gambling. There is a legal casino but as a local you have to pay a $150 daily entry fee to enter the casino - although I heard there is also a $2000 annual entry fee.* You have lost money before you even start gambling. LOL * And if they feel there are too many problem gamblers still, they will probably rise the fee further.