The Best-Run Dictatorship in History: Singapore

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  @zuckermaisSuppen · 1 year ago (edited)

  Imagine a 10yo kid living in Singapore in 1965. He or she literally witnessed the transition of Singapore from a small trade town to a global city today, while doing it with no natural resources.

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  @farcydebop · 1 year ago

  The guy managed to finish SimCity in hard mode.

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• YS

  @ysma0072 · 1 year ago

  Tiktok CEO: Senator I&apos;m Singaporian<br>US politician: So you&quot;re Chinese?

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  @R-medly · 1 year ago

  I am a proud Singaporean. Born here. Served my national service. This is my beloved country. Happy 60th National Day Singapore

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  @Evan-gv3hb · 1 year ago

  The fact is that a lot of countries have the potential to become very strong both militarily and economically. But the corruption makes it impossible for the country to become so.

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  @zuckermaisSuppen · 1 year ago

  I remember a quote that my history teacher once told me about protests and riots in Singapore: &apos;keep the citizens wealthy enough to ensure they do not protest. What&apos;s the point of joining a protest when the first car the crowd burns is yours?&apos;

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  @VulturousBurporousrRuporous · 1 year ago

  Senator, I&apos;m Singaporean.

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  @danielker2762 · 1 year ago

  How do you expect to be the 5th biggest exporter of refine oil. You don&apos;t even have any Oil dude.<br><br>Lee Kuan yew: hold my beer

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  @annarchydeclutteranddesign413 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m suprised you did not mention Lee Kuan Yew&apos;s insistence on the planting trees from early on, and the prohibition against litter, all helping to make Singapore a preferred destination. I remember when Lee Kuan Yew was being interviewed in New Zealand, he said the advantage of Singapore was that once they brought up the residents&apos; standard of living, they didn&apos;t then have an influx of people from the rural areas that would also need helping, as other countries would have.

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  @shayaanzarifrahmanvictoria7190 · 1 year ago

  Fun fact, Sir Winston Churchill considered the fall of Singapore to Japan as the most significant failure of WWII, meaning the value of Singapore to the British is WAY higher than this video was able to portray

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  @dryden28 · 1 year ago

  Fun fact to show how much SG achieve in a short time, Lawrence Wong comment in the daily ketchup that he is the first prime minister to only sing one national anthem throughout his life time. The rest had to sing Malaysia&apos;s, Japan&apos;s and UK&apos;s during their younger days.

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  @PsRohrbaugh · 1 year ago

  I remember in my European History class, my teacher said &quot;The best form of government is a dictator. The problem is that it&apos;s also the worst form.&quot;

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