tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post8945194555811054899..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew's son, the Prime Minister is looking for "future leaders".Gopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-61571184933382420192009-12-08T02:30:09.258-08:002009-12-08T02:30:09.258-08:00"This would be true if the wealth has been be..."This would be true if the wealth has been better distributed and not vested in the few. ref The Gini Index."<br /><br />They actually claim it is a pure meritocracy, of yes-men that is.<br /><br />As for me, I don't have to be a yes-man to earn hundreds of thousands and more thousands of dollars. Poor Singaporeans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-83443450865116389082009-11-09T00:59:04.052-08:002009-11-09T00:59:04.052-08:00I've got a great idea, we should be paying NSm...I've got a great idea, we should be paying NSmen millions too because they are serving their country just like our ministers, what do you think? Shall we have a vote? On second thought, I doubt we'll find any opposition!<br />NateNatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-9271683096241205272009-11-07T01:47:43.251-08:002009-11-07T01:47:43.251-08:00Referring to the "Singapore is a dictatorship...Referring to the "Singapore is a dictatorship. It is also one of the most prosperous societies in the world."<br /><br />This would be true if the wealth has been better distributed and not vested in the few. ref The Gini IndexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-24300887071596219572009-11-06T04:12:14.973-08:002009-11-06T04:12:14.973-08:00Lee Kuan Yew didn't originate the Singapore-My...Lee Kuan Yew didn't originate the Singapore-My-Home-My-Fiefdom model of absolute rule. The 17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes had formulated that doctrine long before Marxism/communism and when Lee's sad micro-empire was but a mud-skipper's wet dream.<br /><br />Hobbes, for the highest of reasons and with his thinking influenced by the ongoing English Civil War, suggested that a strong central authority via a social contract which surrendered citizens' civil rights was a necessity for the nation to progress and so avoid a fate which would be <i>"solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"</i>. He acknowledged that the leaders must control civil, military, judicial and ecclesiastical powers. Sound familiar, my fellow Singaporeans?<br /><br />Our Baba Hitler and his PAP ran with that idea which is why we find ourselves in the position of being between the devil and a hard place today. The England of Hobbes was a time of war so his strictures were entirely logical - no such excuse is available to Singapore's despot though he does try extremely hard indeed to frighten the populace with manufactured bogeymen and vague, unsubstantiated threats of the 'they're coming to get us' variety. We're kept in the dark as to who's actually coming to get whom, of course, but it justifies squandering $12b on sabre-rattling and only a third of that for health care.<br /><br />Surprisingly, that's worked for half a century with the help of a pinch of disinformation here, a touch of opposition suppression there, and a fistful of civil brutality now and again. But it's all beginning to wear thin as the lies, the prevarication, the abuse of power, the outright bad management, and PAP's increasingly dumb leadership are laid bare to the glare of the Internet flood lights. Sigh. No where to hide, no place to run now, just firefighting and sticking plaster left. <br /><br />Lee and his men-in-white ought to ponder Hobbes' warning thought - that <b><i>rebellion is to be expected when the abuse goes beyond tolerance</i></b>. That threshold draws ever closer with the election of the octogenarian's flawed wishy-washy son to the premiership and the mismanagement of the economy and civil society ever since. His government has stumbled from one cockup to the next like a slo-mo train-wreck since he took up the reins.<br /><br />We shall see whether the PAP's hubris in counting their leaders before the election is hatched does indeed come to pass. One has to wonder (and fear) what quality of candidate they have attracted to their ranks. It bodes ill that these people need to be paid millions to entice them into serving their nation otherwise they might embrace corruption, does it not? Do we really want a potential leader with all the moral fibre of an alley cat?mycroftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-82588327680145995662009-11-06T04:06:14.758-08:002009-11-06T04:06:14.758-08:00To Anonymous Fri Nov 06 12:15 AM PST
Yes I agree ...To Anonymous Fri Nov 06 12:15 AM PST<br /><br />Yes I agree with you. Singapore in one word can be surmised as a FRAUD.<br />While China is just China.<br /><br />RenaldiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-44422679166540717142009-11-06T02:11:40.846-08:002009-11-06T02:11:40.846-08:00Singapore is a dictatorship. It is also one of th...Singapore is a dictatorship. It is also one of the most prosperous societies in the world. Take it to the bank, cash it, and go fucking on a vacation out of our lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-22511076375787486062009-11-06T00:15:36.921-08:002009-11-06T00:15:36.921-08:00Dear Mr Nair,
It is unfair to put China together ...Dear Mr Nair,<br /><br />It is unfair to put China together with Singapore.<br /><br />1. Everyone know that China is a one-party communist-rule state. But, not many people realise that Singapore is a one-party state. Singapore is masquadering as a .... well, you remember the Singapore Pledge. The opposition parties and elections are for show as well. Tell me another freely elected leader who is handpicked by the current leader.<br /><br />2. China has no history of democracy and freedom. But Singapore is borned out of the ashes of the British colony, and like the political peers from Africa, Lee Kuan Yew managed to school himself in the UK and made the choice to be a dictator.<br /><br />3. Singapore inherits the British common law and made a mess of it during its peace time.<br />China does not have this luxury. After the last monarchy, China was sucked into wars and revolutions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-73476898031618720242009-11-05T23:55:54.571-08:002009-11-05T23:55:54.571-08:00It's not like communist China as the communist...It's not like communist China as the communist China doesn't recognize family dynasty in it top leadership while Singapore has lky family members put in strategic places. Father to son as PM too and will be son to grandson in the future there's no doubt about it if things don't change.<br /><br />RenaldiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com