As a Singaporean, I don't think we have an "emotional deficit". We just have greater risks when speaking up. For example, a lady working here was hounded out of

As a Singaporean, I don't think we have an "emotional deficit". We just have greater risks when speaking up. For example, a lady working here was hounded out of Singapore because of a facebook post. The online lynching mob even included the Prime Minister. Another case, a cab driver casually mentioned off the record there was once, he earned as much as 7k SGD in a single month. The journalist wrote the article seemingly to suggest that he was bragging about earning 7k every single month. (By Singapore standards, 7k is pretty high income) The cab driver was hounded out of his job as a result. It's dangerous to speak up. There is no protection of free speech. So Singaporeans learn to play safe. Because we never know when a supposedly anonymous innocuous survey will end up quoting you by name. The outcome of the survey is a damning reflection of how illiberal Singapore is. But hey, dont go away, some say we have the most business friendly environment in the world.