Has autocracy succeeded in governing Singapore?
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The root of problems faced by the citizens is self-centredness.
Because of self-centredness, the whole country has been governed based on the ideas and assumptions of one man. It could only use leadership, talent, globalization and colourful expressions and concept to make it look like success.
Success came initially. It was the results people's own sacrifices in forgoing their incomes and earning to pay direct and indirect taxes and allowing government to recover all possible costs and making hidden profits on lands and assets through its GLCs.
Since 1970s, the initial success brought about by people's own sacrifices was taken for granted as leaders' or government's own success or talents.
As events have proven, such self-centred system of running the country is no longer sustainable resulting in deep periodic recessions, unemployments and dropping wages of ordinary citizens from which the people have yet to recover.
Now leaders are using external economic recovery as a hype with the help of their controlled media to make workers' sacrifices on cpf cuts and double-taxation on essential services, lands and assets look like their success.
Once it is proven that self-centredness especially in the aftermath of ministers' wrongful benchmarking of their own salaries to lucky private sector CEOs, has ceased to work and will no longer work for the future sustainability of growths, it is then possible for newspapers to free themselves from the current yoke of obsessive controls by the autocrats. -
the answer is yes
it has taken us, from being as a third world country, in becoming a first world country and being a leader in ASEAN
i rather be a citizen of singapore, than to end up in vietnam or china -
To answer your question, answer is yes. As in management study, we are taught, autocratic rule is outdated and is negative. It is only beneficial to one side.
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more like aristocracy to me.
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Just to add, autocratic rule is I think applicable in few countries, and Singapore is one of them. The majoity of people of Singapore are so easily manipulated, timid, docile, fearful and so on. Their mentality is better don't this and that if not the govt will put you in jail! It takes two to clap!!Originally posted by rane:To answer your question, answer is yes. As in management study, we are taught, autocratic rule is outdated and is negative. It is only beneficial to one side. -
Indonesia is banning sand import to and void the recently signed Defence Pact with Singapore. Thailand has fined one of the Shin Corp's subsidiaries billions.Originally posted by allentyb:the answer is yes
it has taken us, from being as a third world country, in becoming a first world country and being a leader in ASEAN
i rather be a citizen of singapore, than to end up in vietnam or china
The same autocracy is hurting our relations with neighouring countries in ASEAN. -
Yeah, this is happening now but nothing like that happen before.Originally posted by robertteh:Indonesia is banning sand import to and void the recently signed Defence Pact with Singapore. Thailand has fined one of the Shin Corp's subsidiaries billions.
The same autocracy is hurting our relations with neighouring countries in ASEAN. -
if autocracy has anything to do with these two issues with Indonesia and Thailand, then, it is for once we need the government to be autocratic and stand firm against illegal military regime who do not respect commerical agreements and we will not be held for ransom by any corrupted government.Originally posted by robertteh:Indonesia is banning sand import to and void the recently signed Defence Pact with Singapore. Thailand has fined one of the Shin Corp's subsidiaries billions.
The same autocracy is hurting our relations with neighouring countries in ASEAN.
Leave it to politicians with only theory, we would have to be on our kneel before the Thai king and his puppet military regime.
Damn, that is why the PAP continued to get elected.
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actually, it means that, those ASEAN members are getting tired of being an underdog, and indonesia have to do something about the ban of sand import, in order to protect their environment, i think it is a good move on their partOriginally posted by robertteh:Indonesia is banning sand import to and void the recently signed Defence Pact with Singapore. Thailand has fined one of the Shin Corp's subsidiaries billions.
The same autocracy is hurting our relations with neighouring countries in ASEAN.
even, thailand have fined one of the shin crop subsidiaries, you don't see them, able to jail thaksin, anytime sooner, and furthermore, it is time for those ASEAN member a more active role in ASEAN, after all, singapore have been a pushover for the past 20 years
the only way to topple PAP is the whole nation wake up the idea of being a sheep waiting to be slaughtered, -
your last statement - yes, people keep electing them!!! Reasons being majority of singaproeans are timid, docile, fearful, easily manipulated and thus prefers autocracy. so to those who don't mind the ruling party who complain about the way the ruling party is running the country, you all are slapping yourselves on your faces, what a great joke!! If you people support pay and pay, support them all the way through even when they give themselves super high pay, continue to raise the cost of living in a short time. So don't complain, supporters of pay and pay!!! You are just reaping what you sow! ha ha ha!Originally posted by sgdiehard:if autocracy has anything to do with these two issues with Indonesia and Thailand, then, it is for once we need the government to be autocratic and stand firm against illegal military regime who do not respect commerical agreements and we will not be held for ransom by any corrupted government.
Leave it to politicians with only theory, we would have to be on our kneel before the Thai king and his puppet military regime.
Damn, that is why the PAP continued to get elected. -
We miss great opportunities to use our initial success to restructure to a more mature economy and enlightened democracy because of persistent self-centredness of one man.Originally posted by sgdiehard:if autocracy has anything to do with these two issues with Indonesia and Thailand, then, it is for once we need the government to be autocratic and stand firm against illegal military regime who do not respect commerical agreements and we will not be held for ransom by any corrupted government.
Leave it to politicians with only theory, we would have to be on our kneel before the Thai king and his puppet military regime.
Damn, that is why the PAP continued to get elected.
Things need not get to the situation today where majority of citizens are struggling to meet ends meet with dropping wages and frail domestic economy caused by wrong policies of taxing and killing the goose that lays the golden egg. -
Matters with Thailand and Indonesia are foreign affairs, should our domestic situation decides how we run our foreign policies??Originally posted by robertteh:We miss great opportunities to use our initial success to restructure to a more mature economy and enlightened democracy because of persistent self-centredness of one man.
Things need not get to the situation today where majority of citizens are struggling to meet ends meet with dropping wages and frail domestic economy caused by wrong policies of taxing and killing the goose that lays the golden egg.
What great opportunities had we missed, in relation to Thailand and Indonesia? learning from them how to restructure into a more mature economy and enlightened democracry??