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Singapore for the uninformed have always been Authoritarian democracy. A hybrid between Authoritarian and Democracy. While it may looks negatively in many wes

Singapore for the uninformed have always been Authoritarian democracy. A hybrid between Authoritarian and Democracy. While it may looks negatively in many western worlds, it seems to be working for Singapore. And from what I've read their citizens are very well educated and their officials aren't all lawyers, they are far more educated than US politicians. > unfavorable speech isn't censorship, but more speech. They're probably going to some how have their own government sponsor speech to counter online speech from what I've gathered. It's seem like the implicit thing the dude implying, where his government will get these unvoiced people to talk about online articles and judge how true it is.

crdoconnor 11y ago
>While it may looks negatively in many western worlds, it seems to be working for Singapore. The things that work in Singapore are as follows: * Public housing (90% of the country lives in public housing projects and they are all high quality). * Unapologetic Keynesian macroeconomic management -- when unemployment is edging higher, they might decide to build a new airport terminal. When inflation bumps a little high, they won't. No bullshit about debt ceilings. * Mercantilist trade policy (similar to Germany, Taiwan, Japan, SK and Germany) - suppression of the value of their currency in order to give their exports a boost. Not used as much any more, but it built their industrial base. * Intelligent city planning - development policy that is people centric rather than market centric. Things that don't work: * Authoritarianism - a culture of authoritarianism it's not just bad for people, it's bad for business. It's particularly bad for the software development process, because it hampers creativity and fosters slavish behavior (it's not just the government that is authoritarian). * No minimum wage / pathetic levels of unemployment benefits / pension benefits - that's a feature if you own a company. It's a bug if you earn a wage (even a non-minimum wage). You don't see many beggars in Singapore. You do see 85 year old women collecting bottles for recycling and selling tissues. * Mandatory 2 year military service - doing useless crap for two years won't help the country if Indonesia decides it wants to invade. Again, fosters slavish behavior (possibly a feature if you own the right kind of company). * Restricted freedom of speech - that's a feature if you run a government, otherwise it's a bug. No, it doesn't help with racial harmony and it never did, despite the government's protestations. Neither does it have any impact on economic growth.

crdoconnor 11y ago

>While it may looks negatively in many western worlds, it seems to be working for Singapore. The things that work in Singapore are as follows: * Public housing (90% of the country lives in public housing projects and they are all high quality). * Unapologetic Keynesian macroeconomic management -- when unemployment is edging higher, they might decide to build a new airport terminal. When inflation bumps a little high, they won't. No bullshit about debt ceilings. * Mercantilist trade policy (similar to Germany, Taiwan, Japan, SK and Germany) - suppression of the value of their currency in order to give their exports a boost. Not used as much any more, but it built their industrial base. * Intelligent city planning - development policy that is people centric rather than market centric. Things that don't work: * Authoritarianism - a culture of authoritarianism it's not just bad for people, it's bad for business. It's particularly bad for the software development process, because it hampers creativity and fosters slavish behavior (it's not just the government that is authoritarian). * No minimum wage / pathetic levels of unemployment benefits / pension benefits - that's a feature if you own a company. It's a bug if you earn a wage (even a non-minimum wage). You don't see many beggars in Singapore. You do see 85 year old women collecting bottles for recycling and selling tissues. * Mandatory 2 year military service - doing useless crap for two years won't help the country if Indonesia decides it wants to invade. Again, fosters slavish behavior (possibly a feature if you own the right kind of company). * Restricted freedom of speech - that's a feature if you run a government, otherwise it's a bug. No, it doesn't help with racial harmony and it never did, despite the government's protestations. Neither does it have any impact on economic growth.