Nation or Monopoly? Country or Franchise? Island or Company?

This post is inspired by a true Josh Tan "Moment".

"Nationalism"


Is Singapore an example of nationalism? Nationalism, firstly, from what I heard, is basically a total change of a surrounding and can either be positive or negative. An example can be brought from Napoleon, where he showed nationalism and wanted to prove that his native French culture was the best. He wanted to make France and French tradition the only option. It was absolute dominance he was going for.

Singapore can be referred to Napoleon. BUT! Please Please remember that these are just my views. Not harm or malicious content is meant to put down any government figures. I Love Singapore, truly. This is just what I think about Her.

Don't you think that Lee Kuan Yew is just like Napoleon? He's not such a tyrant, but he has certain traits. Firstly, he changed the fate of his country forever. This is a good point. But secondly, don't you realise that he is doing all this by exercising his authority that is gained from a spark of history- changing? C'mon, it's a chargeable offense to speak against him. Isn't this a little familiar? Napoleon surely used force against those who objected to his beliefs.

Don't you realise that the PAP is running the whole country by themselves? The "opposition" are just figure heads. The Worker's Party hammer and the SDA's star will not beat the PAP's Lightning powers. I personally believe that the PAP is doing a good job. But are they so afraid of losing "their" Singapore? They have to bear in mind that the very opposition they oust out are the ones who live under their "rule". The public, which contains the past, present and future candidates for opposition parties should be allowed to speak up. This will present a balanced view on how Singapore is doing.

So therefore my point is rather clear. Though Singapore is thriving, something is lacking. The one lacking point about Singapore is that the leaders are just too "kia-soo", simply put. They just can't stand up to any defeats. They have to realise that we learn important lessons from our failures.

Singapore Boleh!
(boleh directly translates to "can"

Phua.