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The magic handwavy part is the first step: > build stable countries If you know how to do that, please tell the world. Stable countries need a half-century or
by wolverine876 3y ago
The magic handwavy part is the first step:
> build stable countries
If you know how to do that, please tell the world. Stable countries need a half-century or more to create, and that's with existing institutions and culture, and still the outcome is very uncertain.
- jeffrallen 3y agoOh, they are down to a half century now? Switzerland took 700 years to make. Progress!
- wolverine876 3y agoI was thinking of South Korea, but they are extraordinary.
- jelliclesfarm 3y agoSingapore achieved this as a city-state.
- wolverine876 3y agoIn how long? Don't forget the building of the institutions that predated Yew.
- jelliclesfarm 3y ago1959 was when Yew became Sg's first PM. in his famous televised speech, yew announced the separation from malayasian federation in 1965. dont forget that singapore was under colonial rule before that. noone can deny the success of singapore, the city state with all the regional challenges. it took them about two decades. i would give 5-10 years for our nation states to become functionally successful if they split and became city states. its time for a change.
- htlion 3y agoSingapore government definitely made smart moves and had a strong vision. But you can't omit that its geographical position gave it a tremendous advantage with regards to trade. It will be very hard to replicate elsewhere, others will have to find similar stable streams of income. On top of that, Singapore has access to a very large low-paid workforce in the neighboring countries, which eases offloading necessary but low-value activities.