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It should be said that he is not advocating for a “we need to hear both sides” sort of disingenuous argument common among right wing rhetoric but a sense of balanced intellectual h…

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Ok an authoritarian regime allegedly being cyber-attacked by another authoritarian regime whose economy is significantly dependent on trade and renegades from that regime

This sort of mindset is typical of the oppressed population in Singapore - oh hey nevermind it all, this police state is awesome.

Na. GDP pp is meaningless without accounting for inequality and civil liberties.

Singapore is an interesting case because it looks great on paper but it’s arguably one of the worst/best form of authoritarianism. For example, ~80% of Singaporeans live in public …

Who or what is this bill trying to protect??

Singapore is addicted to cheap foreign labor so this seems like the natural progression. It does make one wonder the kind of data required for such models to have a chance of succe…

Fun fact: ~80% of Singaporeans live in public housing and all the entryways to those buildings are filled with (offical) police security cameras, including two in each lift. The ca…

This is sad to hear. I guess Trump’s values (whatever they might be) resonated more with them than Harris’s progressive liberal values.

Calling him a fascist would be an understatement

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I think calling it mere stupidity is a little too reductive. There are genuine grievances among his supporters, such as rising inequality, loss of opportunities/jobs and an economi…

What about using the tariffs on Chinese products to support American companies/interests?

Singaporeans work the longest hours in the world, are the most sleep deprived and have the highest rates of depression in Asia. On top of that, an authoritarian regime, a lack of c…

Here’s a book that argues for the same. [0] Makes one wonder whether such articles (OP’s) are part of a spin campaign.. [0] https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/978069121141…

Who are these people that you speak of/for?

What I mean is Singapore is hardly the ideal city to be measured against if we take into account the non-materiale aspects of life.

There are probably better examples to be found. The "competence" comes at a price - extremely high levels of inequality, utter lack of civil liberties, a one-party authoritarian re…

In this political climate: Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson

Credibility matters. If someone is equivocating genocide with “making Germany great again”, it deserves to be pointed out and their testimony taken with a huge grain of salt.