In Singapore, LKY suppressed the communist party and their patsies to prevent a communist takeover of Singapore. Puritans back in the old days were basically t

In Singapore, LKY suppressed the communist party and their patsies to prevent a communist takeover of Singapore. Puritans back in the old days were basically the Taliban, oppressing anyone who disagreed with their beliefs and way-of-life. They were pretty successful overall. In Syria, Assad successfully crushed a revolt and is still in power by suppressing speech etc. In the Arab world, the Arab Spring was successfully squished in multiple countries. Communist China has been relatively successful by restricting speech. "In the right" is probably the wrong metric, because it's meaningless. "Succeeded in its goals" is probably a better way of categorizing whether a specific tactic is successful or not. And success depends on the timeframe as well.