Consider this case study:
http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2008/04/10/downunder-its-paypal-or-cod-thats-it/
Aussies are an admirable people when it comes to kicking eBay in the nuts as hard as eBay tries to kick them. In 2006, following the shops-in-core fiasco, and the fee hikes that went with it, a mass movement of sellers took the matter to the media and the Australian Federal Government. eBay, in part, had to back dow
The above case study proves an ineresting theory which i am going to propose now.everyone knows the controversies surrounding paypal and ebay and their supposed monopolisitic practices. In comparison to other countries, paypal in Australia is regulated like how banks are regulated.
The case study above clearly shows the importance of consumer protection and the government's role in them. a two way process , when a government protects the comsumers, the consumers, general publics will have a favourable view of them.
Flash forward to singapore our own sunny island, its the exact opposite. We shall not go into the the context of consumers but the as citizens,
when the citizens are not protected by their own government from unscruplous multi national businesses who may possiblly do expolitation activities under the rule of law, u can be rest assured the people will be pointintg fingers at the sole responsibility holder of the problems, the government.
Perhaps, this was how they could have possibly become unpopular with the masses.examples possibly include the lack of minimum wages for workers, unregulated employment of foreign workers, termination of workers employment ect.
The conclusion is tht government and people are a two way process. Alaways maintained and regulated. "Clearly if something else has changed somewhere else in the transaction chain", unhappiness is bound to occur. The case study, in question again proves that everything lse is related as well, including politics. The key here is the understanding, giving and taking which matters.