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Well what they do is: - Have a government who owns almost all the land, and provide subsidized housing to over 75% of the citizens. - Provides universal healt

Well what they do is: - Have a government who owns almost all the land, and provide subsidized housing to over 75% of the citizens. - Provides universal healthcare, again subsidized through the government - And forces quotas for all ethnicities to ensure everyone is equally represented everywhere. So I guess we could try it Singapore's way, but Republicans keep saying it's a bad idea.

slily 3y ago
If Singapore's economic and social policies were successful, surely people would want to move there? Perhaps skepticism is warranted from teh evil republicanz - the subject of this submission, decriminalization of drug use, was touted largely by left-wingers based on a few similar, seemingly-successful, small-scale efforts in Europe. Now we know how that turned out.
- mitthrowaway2 3y ago
  Many people do want to move to Singapore, and follow through with it. The population is over 40% immigrants.
- recursive 3y ago
  > If Singapore's economic and social policies were successful, surely people would want to move there? Yes, this is not a hypothetical. Are you under the impression that people don't want to move there?
creato 3y ago
They also: - Have extreme penalties for drug offenses. - Have highly effective surveillance and law enforcement. I guess we can all find what we want in Singapore: an effective police state winning the war on drugs, or an effective welfare state.
- theossuary 3y ago
  If extreme penalties for illicit drug use were the part of the equation that worked, then why does Saudi Arabia's drug problem continue to get worse? They've had a marked increase in the abuse of amphetamines, cocaine, and opioids over the last two decades. Maybe stop cherry picking the parts that you like and pretending like they're the parts that worked? https://www.unodc.org/pdf/report_2000-09-21_1.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/report_2000-09-21_1.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/trends2003_www_E.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/trends2003_www_E.pdf https://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_web.pdf https://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_we... https://www.unodc.org/res/wdr2022/MS/WDR22_Booklet_3.pdf https://www.unodc.org/res/wdr2022/MS/WDR22_Booklet_3.pdf
mattnewton 3y ago
— they hang you if you are caught with drugs.
carlosjobim 3y ago
In researching Singapore, did you become interested in visiting the country? Or have you already visited there?

slily 3y ago

If Singapore's economic and social policies were successful, surely people would want to move there? Perhaps skepticism is warranted from teh evil republicanz - the subject of this submission, decriminalization of drug use, was touted largely by left-wingers based on a few similar, seemingly-successful, small-scale efforts in Europe. Now we know how that turned out.

mitthrowaway2 3y ago
Many people do want to move to Singapore, and follow through with it. The population is over 40% immigrants.
recursive 3y ago
> If Singapore's economic and social policies were successful, surely people would want to move there? Yes, this is not a hypothetical. Are you under the impression that people don't want to move there?

creato 3y ago

They also: - Have extreme penalties for drug offenses. - Have highly effective surveillance and law enforcement. I guess we can all find what we want in Singapore: an effective police state winning the war on drugs, or an effective welfare state.

theossuary 3y ago
If extreme penalties for illicit drug use were the part of the equation that worked, then why does Saudi Arabia's drug problem continue to get worse? They've had a marked increase in the abuse of amphetamines, cocaine, and opioids over the last two decades. Maybe stop cherry picking the parts that you like and pretending like they're the parts that worked? https://www.unodc.org/pdf/report_2000-09-21_1.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/report_2000-09-21_1.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/trends2003_www_E.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/trends2003_www_E.pdf https://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_web.pdf https://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_we... https://www.unodc.org/res/wdr2022/MS/WDR22_Booklet_3.pdf https://www.unodc.org/res/wdr2022/MS/WDR22_Booklet_3.pdf

mattnewton 3y ago

— they hang you if you are caught with drugs.

carlosjobim 3y ago

In researching Singapore, did you become interested in visiting the country? Or have you already visited there?