Check out Arken's channel - kzread.info/dron/0jhtpmmIwPVIgdfpz5c3yw.html Thanks for watching! Unfortunately, had some delays with this one because of the worst cold of my life that put editing and recording on pause for a few weeks. But I'm glad it's out now! Hope you guys enjoy.

@ArkenTheAmerikan

Жыл бұрын

Not often that I get to do a faux British accent on request. This was fun to work on. Good stuff!

@MTWright

Жыл бұрын

@@ArkenTheAmerikan you do it well habibi, thanks again!

@EpsteinsRope

Жыл бұрын

As an American man from North Carolina who is currently living in Indonesia, formerly Singapore and Taiwan I find your videos to be very refreshing because you take an objective stance in them. A lot of my dumbass countrymen (USA) say dumbass things about Singapore when they know absolutely nothing about it. (I wish I could say that isn't common but unfortunately it is) Singapore is a fantastic place to live and my life was exponentially better there than it ever was in the US and I'm only in my early 30s. If I'm being honest it was better in all 3 places, and for the record, I'm not a wealthy man. I also very much appreciate you pointing out the white monkey (white shill) problem in China as well. CCP propaganda is rampant across the internet, especially in Taiwan. They push a lot of soft power tactics in order to manipulate worldview, but anyone with an IQ above room temperature should be able to see through it. I've always found it ironic that they won't allow their people past the firewall but they sure as hell push their propaganda beyond it. If you want to learn more about white monkeys and see them being mocked check out the KZread channel "LeeLee Farley". It's a white guy who went to college in China but took the route of truth instead of becoming a shill. Again, thanks for your videos. I'll be becoming a patron as soon as I'm able. I'm still getting setup in Indonesia. Best wishes

@ratboi3553

Жыл бұрын

hey bro, just wished to ask about the fact that the comments on your poland video are disabled even though you critisized polands freedom of speech. thats wierd to me, why is it like that?

@steephanroy8461

Жыл бұрын

For a person who is copying kraut u should give more emphasis on the values he uphold and the quality of his research content.its ability to go beyond what's been showed into the mouth of the average flat earther by the corporate media ... Give more emphasis on that and be clear to reveal the authenticity and the source of your content

For those who might be concerned about the heavy handedness towards drugs, you got to understand the Eastern experience with drugs. Opium and other drugs wreaked great havoc on China and other eastern countries. It puts the Singaporean attitude in perspective.

@miniaturejayhawk8702

Жыл бұрын

Drugs are trash and turn people into trash. You dont need to defend anything here.

@kardoxfabricanus7590

Жыл бұрын

And yet they punish the victims rather than doing the sensible things that works which is decriminalize and legalization. Not to mention some things classified as drugs such as marijuana and psylocybin which have shown to drastically improve people's lives, health and are responsible for inspiring people both culturally, technologically and socially are outlawed. Murdering people for doing something they want which harms nobody else is a reprehensible thing that must be fought against.

@of1564

Жыл бұрын

That fear is Actually understandable, but I have to tell you this. I come from Mexico, a heavy handedness towards drugs destroyed my country so much that there are still battles with heavy guns and our Air force.

@prfwrx2497

Жыл бұрын

Ironically, the Qing waged the first war on drugs, and lost. How'd people not learn from that? Singapore is the exception, not the rule. Anywhere else, it's geographically impossible to put that tight a lockdown on movement to enact such stringent controls, such that the black market and their associated activities elicit more harm than the drug itself. My beef with Singapore isn't that they succeeded byway of dictators and authoritarian policies. Rather, it's how fucking idiots use them as some veritable proof that authoritarianism is the solution to everything.

@abnerdoon4902

Жыл бұрын

I don't understand why Westerners get pissy when Asians ban drugs. Dude, just do drugs in your country.

as an aspiring dictator, thank you for this video

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

A good dictator is much better than a "good" democracy. Except.... there never was a good dumbocracy. Athennian demoncracy murdered a philosopher.

@peepdawg8995

Жыл бұрын

Duuude 😃 me too

@dogpound8662

Жыл бұрын

Same

@guymukulayenge7890

Жыл бұрын

out of interest, where'd you plan on dictating?

@Camcentral4532

11 ай бұрын

😂

The problem with the SIngapore system, as a Singaporean, is that it fully banks on a govt or administration that is 100% efficient and competent. And Singapore was truly lucky that at that point in time, they had competent and visionary leadership who were also pragmatic. Singapore leadership have also created grounds to breed and train future leaders to continue this culture and tradition of excellence. The system will simply not work if Singapore at the time had anything less than stellar leaders, who are authoritarians, capitalists but also socialists and welfare minded, as necessary, which is already incredible rare even on a global scale. In that sense, Singapore is truly blessed.

@yigakong1187

Жыл бұрын

Against all odds

@Hades_Space_Engineer

Жыл бұрын

The most efficient Government in providing welfare will always be (at least in theory) a autocratic/dictatorial one with the most competent as leader with full power. So that the one that knows best is the one that decides. In practice Dictatorships and Autocracies have a extremly bad track record and only work with competent leaders as you said. I'll hope that the singaporean prosperity contimnues and that theyr people will live protected under the umbrella of strong leaders.

@imgvillasrc1608

11 ай бұрын

You could also say the same thing with democratic governments. The Weimar Republic, for example, was incredibly ineffective in dealing with economic and political problems that caused the rise of Hitler. A more modern perspective is France, a fully fledged democracy and republic that constantly struggles with internal problems. It’s not authoritarian issue that is the problem, it’s a governing issue and the guy above said it best, autocratic governments are the most effective in maintaining stability, democracies need more constant work on that (cause voters can easily claim “voter fraud” if they don’t get their way).

@jpggfg

6 ай бұрын

Being pragmatic and ideology-neutral, LKY concluded that the Western brand of democracy would not work on a country that does not have the same historical contexts as those of the West. Being pragmatic, one sees reality for what it is. LKY said that Singapore is vulnerable. With no natural resources, but its people, Singapore has to continually look for able people who share LKY's vision. That's a tough order not to be left to the people to vote. They can vote for the party but the party must and should select the right leaders to lead.

“Why would they want democracy is authoritarianism gives them education, homes, and security?” True quote

@miniaturejayhawk8702

Жыл бұрын

This is basically the logic behind why people join cults.

@PauaP

Жыл бұрын

You gotta be very careful with this one tbh. Because for the rest of the world, Singapore seems to be the exception.

@20IA

Жыл бұрын

@@miniaturejayhawk8702 and would probably have been the reason of singapore's downfall if a leader other than lee kuan yew had manipulated the whole country for their own gain.

@hatinmyselfiscool2879

Жыл бұрын

Ask the people who regularily get mowed down by the police when they protest for democratic reform.

@dmicah3960

Жыл бұрын

if

“Nations shouldn’t adopt Democracy as their first ideology if they are in tumultuous times. If the state is too corrupt for democracy, do not do democracy. If the country is too unstable for democracy, do not do democracy. If the people are too retarded for democracy, do not do democracy. It is natural that authoritative and smart leaders lead and develop the nation in it’s beginnings, in order to open a pathway for eventual Democracy.” -Ibn Al-Haytham, Book of My Opinions & Studies on the Nature of States Another quote: “In my many years, I have yet to see more democracies within my area and abroad as well. Is it that absolute authority is seen as natural? Humanity has been doing it ever since the first records were kept. If democracy was popular before then no mortal would know, for their records have been lost to the sands of time. Now, on the other end, I’ve seen many democracies try to last. Their state was just too corrupt and retarded for that governance, however. It is saddening that democracies fail because of this. Perhaps had the people been more educated or the government more honest, those democracies I saw would’ve have worked. And when they do work, they flourish amongst the authoritarian.” -Michael Psellos, The Bedroom Book Or The Things I Think While In My Pajamas “Piss off” -Diogenes “Bro this reply section lol. By the way what’s this politics thing we talking about?” -James Buchanon, 15th President of America “The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from an enemy” -Sun Tzu, Art of War

@dfgfgh244

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't he born in 965 AD? I don't particularly remember when the concept of Democracy came to be.

@notaname1750

Жыл бұрын

@@dfgfgh244 “Athenian democracy began in the BC before the Roman Republic.” -Love Athens (The city State)

@sergelondon916

Жыл бұрын

@@notaname1750 Yes, but that was only extend to men who were landowners

@cck53sg

Жыл бұрын

😀Too many crooks spoil the soup.

@kimjongun505

Жыл бұрын

@@dfgfgh244 Democracy is one of the oldest forms of government in human history. Examples include the state of Athens and the Roman republic.

“Men are not born equal in either physical or mental capacity. But a socialist believes that society as a whole will benefit, and there will be more happiness for more people, if all are given equal opportunities for education and advancement regardless of class or property.” ― Lee Kuan Yew,

@hatinmyselfiscool2879

Жыл бұрын

*starts too kill socialist workers unions.*

@arnoldschwarzennegger6534

Жыл бұрын

I’m not quite sure who it was who called LKY the Confucius of politics with prophetic observation and judgement, I believe it was George Shultz. That equivalence cannot be more apt!

@MA-go7ee

Жыл бұрын

If you read his autobiography you would know he was a virulent anti-socialist (he literally crushed the communist party in Singapore) and almost all of SIngapore's success is based on embracing capitalism when almost all post colonial countries embraced socialism.

@puffer_frog

Жыл бұрын

And then he proceeds to curbstomp all the socialists as he makes singapore motherfuckingly capitalist, which is a good thing

@reggie69.

Жыл бұрын

@@MA-go7ee 99 years leases and all land and homes is owned by the government at the start he definitely seemed like a socialist

The caning law was actually implemented by the british which explains why caning is also practiced in Malaysia and Brunei

@danielch6662

Жыл бұрын

Well, when we gained independence, we didn't start with no laws on the books. We simply copied over all the laws that were already present when we were British colonies.

@Wfalen

Жыл бұрын

And in time they could have been changed. No one was stopping them. It is foolish to blame former colonial powers for laws when you have had decades of time to change them

@longiusaescius2537

Жыл бұрын

@Sneikki don't arrest criminals, don't enforce laws, because doing that is mean. Infact you should let criminals get away with everything and penalize citizens who take the law into their own hands after the state never enforces it

I wouldn't say Singapore experience multiculturalism back then. Yes, we had multiple cultures, but the british kept them separated into different townships. Kampung Glam for the Malays, Little India for the Indians, and Chinatown for the Chinese.

As a Singaporean, I can confirm that everything you said was correct

@MoonLiteNite

Жыл бұрын

I wish more americans believed this. Nobody believes me when i try and describe how it is in singapore (as an american). Everyone in USA thinks it is some perfect place, with no litter, no crime, no drugs, etc..... but singapore still has all of that, just to a less degree. And to gain that less of a degree, you give up many things that no american would stand for. Americans think you can just take something from singapore and drop to USA and have it work, like HDB housing or the MRT haha it doesn't work like that.....

@mrfweeis

Жыл бұрын

@@MoonLiteNite yeah that's a good point! HDB for example was working with the Urban Redevelopment Agency (URA) which had the power to aggressively purchase land to build on thanks to a law/policy (something like that) passed at the time. It's a lot of work and foresight and all it has to show for it is towns filled with tall buildings.

@krollpeter

Жыл бұрын

@@MoonLiteNite Nevertheless, there are a couple of things the US and other countries could learn, or which could be adopted with the own social background and culture in view. For example: Not MRT as it is in Singapore, but much better public transport. Not HDB but better public housing. And remember: The safety. If my wife goes out late with her friends, I do not need to worry about her. Or my son finishes school, I do not need to worry about someone offering him "something very fun" at the school gate. That's also freedom.

@longiusaescius2537

Жыл бұрын

@krollpeter exactly

Just stumbled upon this, these are all very good points. (I'm Singaporean.) The thing about it is that as long as people are fed and comfortable, secure with livelihoods, there's a lot they will be ok with letting go on. Unfortunately Lee Kuan Yew's successors haven't quite lived up to him (though he had a bit of a cult of personality that developed from his supporters praising him for the rapid growth, so that could be argued as being unfair to his successors). There's a lot of things that are seen as authoritarian but yet foreign media is still frequently consumed within singapore (with the internet, news from overseas is more accessible). Unfortunately this has led to a large portion of chinese educated elderly consuming CCP propaganda.

@NewmaticKe

Жыл бұрын

People were not praising LKY when he was running the show

@freddysband3632

Жыл бұрын

Their not actually consuming CCP propaganda As a Singaporean too, I can assure you, they just want to believe in their own country no matter what. My parents are from China, and I grew up listening to them talking about China and badmouthing the US, while getting West feed. TBH, the West is using the most propaganda in my view. True, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is bad But what the hell is the west talking about Russia? Dictatorship(WTF)? So, CCP indeed is using propaganda, but it is exaggerated by the West in my view. Uh I was just talking about your last sentence, I agree with everything else wholeheartedly.

@cjclark2002

Жыл бұрын

Not all news is propaganda, in any nation. Besides, if they’re Chinese then what’s wrong with consuming media from China? I see no “unfortunately”

@freddysband3632

Жыл бұрын

@@cjclark2002 true

@freddysband3632

Жыл бұрын

@@cjclark2002 Wow your statement is way more reasonable

As an ethnic malay Malaysian, I can feel nothing but shame when learning about what our early government did to cement and perpetuate the discrimination the people of Singapore and chinese malaysians, with the latter lasting to this very day. I earnestly hope that one day, we can put our differences aside and see eye to eye as the brothers and sisters we were always meant to be. I can not apologize for what our government has done, but I can give you my trust that I will never ever support the discrimination and racism perpetuated by the government.

@LeifErikBob

Жыл бұрын

if u actually had read more, the malaysian government actually gave Chinese Malaysians economic benefits, thats why Chinese people dominate the malayaian economy

@milim-23

Жыл бұрын

@@LeifErikBob this is actually not true. The reason why Chinese Malaysians dominate the economy is because they worked in the industrial sector during colonial times. Chinese immigrants worked in tin mines, which were a lot more profitable than the rubber plantations Malays worked in. This combined with the overall business ethics of the Chinese, made them dominate the countries economy

@moistnutella9560

Жыл бұрын

@@LeifErikBob but the Chinese Malaysians already held a disproportionally large share of the economy since the colonial era so that doesn't really explain it

@user-gw5mf7fd5k

Жыл бұрын

@@LeifErikBob true. Even on paper the policy favours the malay, this is hardly true. On paper just for political mileage and support of malays. In reality economic wise, chinese got the upper hand.

@sakurakou2009

Жыл бұрын

the chinese culture is dominating even in malaysia , if Singapore had stayed in malaysia you would became minority in your own country , anyone could see that also as people in comments say chinese are more business and economy mature and organized , malays wouldn't have chance to climb social ladder , would end up being forced to assumilate and work under chinese , and from what I see in africa chines look down on those who they see as beneath them and you working for them mean you lesser then them , I think malaysia did the right choice for the future of malays . chinese can always go to any chinese majority country and enjoy their culture while malays only have malaysia

Man ur content quality is unreal . Found u over the weekend and watched every single video. You clearly show this is your passion

I love the style of these videos, i really appreciate the quality and hard work you are puting into them

I think Singapore is one of the best examples of how a Dictatorship that isn't run by greedy self-centered assholes (which is sadly the case for 90% of Dictatorships) can actually be arguably the best form of government out there.

@user-pk4nr6dy9g

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly why you should vote me for POTUS in 2024

@coldstring5646

Жыл бұрын

Lky says the most important thing is for a government to consider themselves a trustee of the people. No matter your model of governance, that’s the people you need. If the sg government loses this spirit one day, we’ll just go down the same route as everyone else.

@smoadia85

Жыл бұрын

in the end, no system/civilisation/institution/etc stays the same forever. i think your statement has to add: I think Singapore is one of the best examples of how a Dictatorship that isn't run by greedy self-centered assholes (which is sadly the case for 90% of Dictatorships) *for the time being*, can actually be arguably the best form of government out there.

@masterq2.033

Жыл бұрын

90% , that's an understatement of arsewhole proportion.

@danielch6662

Жыл бұрын

I don't believe any corrupt dictator started off that way. They would never have gained power in the first place. But the fact that we see so many corrupt dictators supports the thesis that they *became* corrupt, likely by the power that they wielded for too long. Think of _the one ring_ in Tolkien's books.

Thanks for yet another informative video, greatly looking forward to the next!

Bro, one day you're gonna blow up when the KZread algorithm sees how good your videos are. Keep working hard!

Great video again! I kinda felt that you would make a video about this, as I think it's a very interesting topic that isn't talked about too much.

im so happy youtube recommended me this channel!! so interesting and informative! ill make sure to recommend these videos to my friends

Very happy to see another upload I binged every video you've made a while back and I've been hungry for more ever since Keep up the good work, mate

"Dictatorship" is a funny term. I personally believe people should have as much freedom to good things and from bad things as reasonably possible. That doesn't necessarily mean the Western Liberal Model of 1 person 1 vote is the only way for that to happen.

@It-Will-All-Be-Okay-I-Promise

Жыл бұрын

But it is 1 Person 1 Vote though. It’s just that the PAP is so popular nobody thinks the other parties could do any better. The main thing separating Singaporean Democracy from regular Western Democracy is that the party in power has no checks to what it can do as long as the party wants to do it. This only works when those in power are strictly pragmatic. Any belief or dogma will ruin it. If you have the German Green Party, or the GOP, or the Tory Party, or anything of the sort with that kind of power, you get China at best and Turkmenistan at worst.

@PrimeChaosVC

Жыл бұрын

It is really just labelling by the west. A vast majority of western intellectuals would label something that they disagree with, to stigmatize it when they deem necessary, to put it in a bad light. It threatens their belief and the narratives they created in their medias to bamboozle the common people at home and abroad. Creating a pseudo belief system that Democracy and individual freedoms are somehow "divine and superior", and it is blasphemous to challenge these ideas and system. To the common people, this has truly become a new religion after decades if not centuries of reinforcement of these ideas.

@NazriB

Жыл бұрын

Lies again? MLS Student Debt

@longiusaescius2537

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

Absolutely love your content, keep up the great work!

as a Malaysian...it was a very smart move to exit Malaya...their struggle to survive is what grew the economy, including not institutionalizing religion and race...I've always wondered, what if LKY magically ruled Malaysia hahah...not saying he's the epitome of perfect, but in a positive comparative sense...how much potential can we offer at this rate, today, if we had such governance over the years...nonetheless, some people could contest to this point, but then again, the world always discordantly argue about sthg...hahah

Lucky to have found this channel last week, really good content!

I always love the music you use and how they fit in the video’s keep up the quality!

It is absolutely true a benevolent dictatorship will do more good than a corrupt democracy. Usually even a good democracy. I don't usually see eye-to-eye with the PAP, but I do know they, at least, act in good faith most of the time. They need to solve the issue of widening inequality, and not just with wealth, but with power and how the rich and powerful seems to get away with more atrocities just because they are rich and powerful.

@dankasscrow6121

Жыл бұрын

"the issue of widening inequality, and not just with wealth, but with power and how the rich and powerful seems to get away with more atrocities just because they are rich and powerful" You just explained, even though you seem to be a fan of them, why no "benevolent" dictatorship truly exists.

@nothde9865

Жыл бұрын

Where? And how do the rich and powerful get away from "atrocities" in SG?

@TheShadowOfZama

Жыл бұрын

@@dankasscrow6121 Plenty of rich and powerful people get away in a democracy as well so that on it's own can't be a strike against a dictatorship in favour of democracy neither does widening inequality as plenty of democracies suffer from the same issue.

@galena6884

Жыл бұрын

They need to solve the issue of widening inequality, and not just with wealth, but with power and how the rich and powerful seems to get away with more atrocities just because they are rich and powerful. >solution is simple just redistribute the wealth, but rich will never do that they rather continue to exploit other to gain more wealth. the more wealth/capital you have the more power you have. LKY view on who to provide wealth show he is same as any rich individual, they only choose who they 'trust' with their wealth.(the hard truth)

@danielch6662

Жыл бұрын

The trick is getting the benevolent dictatorship. _Absolute power corrupts absolutely_ , so the saying goes. It is absolutely true. Most of the corrupt dictators did not start off that way. And another problem with dictatorships is that it gets very difficult to replace a dictator.

As someone living in Pakistan(and grew up in a dictatorship) I have grievances with both systems, but more so democracy For starters its the fact democracy developed over the courses of centuries for western european nations states, you can't just apply that model to made up post colonial Frankenstein states and expect it to work, I view my own nation's history as a testament to this fact A multi ethnic country with multiple spoken languages and where majority of the population are some variation or combination of illiterate, tribal or feudal, majority of those in rural regions will vote for whoever their feudallord tells them to vote for, the urban working population will vote for whoever can give them a hot meal at the end of the day, so the rich politicians that rule my nation don't even have an inventive to do anything for the people, the only issue politicians have is with other politicians or my nation's bloated army that does a coup every 10-30 years Even then, If true and actually fair democracy was ever allowed, people would most likely vote for some Sunni theocratic government, that would make life hell for non-muslims and non-sunnis(such as Shia and Ahmediyah) so like 25-30% of people would be treated as third class citizens, not to mention the status of women overall Overall there's no one right answer to what a state needs to develop

@Inaf1987

Жыл бұрын

The whole subcontinent could have used the American model, where passing a law at the national level is exceedingly difficult because of the US senate. And we could have also increased the number of states.

@zakariakaleem3271

Жыл бұрын

@@Inaf1987 how much state authority does India allow ? Cause here its a joke, I could bet majority of people wouldn't even know who the chief minister of their own province is, cause its such a useless position

@stud6414

Жыл бұрын

Tragic. At least, you can rest assured that England will be be an Islamic Pakistani type state in the next 25 years

@Snp2024

Жыл бұрын

​​@@zakariakaleem3271 it's very important position for infra, taxation and business dealings to manufacturing district level development only it fails in law making level as national law can and have been forced on time and time as there are dozens if not hundreds of parties in nation so if opposition is not United even barely majority central government can pass law amendments easily

@twitter.comelomhycy

11 ай бұрын

Yep.

This is a gem of a channel, you have a great style of presentation, and im amazed you dont have more subs. Binge time!

Honestly you are the most underrated channel ive ever seen. Unironically one of my favorites at the moment. Keep it up constantly and eventually youll succeed.

@longiusaescius2537

Жыл бұрын

Eh

Glad to see you're still making videos! Really love your analysis on history and politics ❤❤❤

Keep up the excellent work!

I just wanted to say that you are my favourite yt channel. Keep uploading

Oh my god sir, this is beautiful. You are seriously underrated and I pray you get more subscribers!

There are two types of Authoritarian governments: Technocratic ones, light or heavy hand when it comes to corruption, occasional purges, less importance to social programs, focus on the long term prosperity, eventual liberalization. Examples: Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Chile, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan Despotic ones, corruption is a tool of governance, occasional purges, populism, importance of social programs depend on the populous' satisfaction towards the regimes, focus on who gets what, no planning even for the short term, usually ends up as a chaotic or stagnated nation. Examples: Most west African nations, Zimbabwe, most central Asian nations.

@az0989ejdje

Жыл бұрын

3rd: the human rights-violating dictatorships Examples: China, N Korea, Belarus

@ericboom1712

Жыл бұрын

​@@az0989ejdjenah that should be divided into two categories: 3. Communist regimes A bit of a combination of despotic and technocratic regimes with a far left socialist/authoritarian capitalist twist Examples: China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba 4. Semi-despotic regimes Regimes that have many aspects of liberty and freedom in them such as belief in free Market, Democracy and such but due too heavy corrupt ion had become de-facto despotic Examples: Russia and it's economic and military sphere.

Love these videos on the 20th century keep up the good work

Congratulations on getting 5 and a half thousand subscribers mate. I'm looking forward to your next video

Such a high quality documentary! keep up the amazing work

your videos are genuinely awesome, loved your videos about Africa, China, the Middle East, Exxon Mobil, and Space. All interesting, more people should know these things.

Yes that's what Singapore did, and it clearly worked wonderfully. If I can live a good, safe life. Where the streets are clean and healthcare/housing is affordable, then nothing about it's system of governance is a problem for me. They're doing their jobs.

@wormsblink2887

Жыл бұрын

Yes, massive praise to the PAP for building a successful nation in spite of almost guaranteed failure. Majulah Singapura!

just amazing. what a video . you gonna go big bro

One of my favorite Tubers rn 100k coming soon brother, keep it up

Damn just found your channel today, and you upload. Lucky me lol

Love to see a video by you and a video about Singapore! Lee Kuan Yew is a very interesting man.

Amazing video my man

Thanks for this! Learned a lot!

It's important to keep in mind that Singapore is very small. A country of 6 million people spread across a couple dozen kilometers of land makes for very conducive conditions for top-down management. Communications and commuting are easy, so culture homogenises easily. Organisations are smaller, and less layered with bureaucracy than is typical in larger authoritarian countries. 6 million people respond in more predictable and manageable ways than a hundred million, or even a billion. Constant immigration and emigration acts as a steady refresh of the national culture, allowing the government easy influence on the country's demographics. All the conditions you'd need to make authoritarianism a success, given the limits of individual humans, policy, and technology today, are there. It's also important to keep in mind that Singapore is very young. Even today a large percentage of the working class are actually as old or older than the country in its current political form. The benefits and context of authoritarian rule are still fresh in most citizens' minds. As the country enters its next generations, the younger generations will not have this context, nor will they face the same problems. What a culture that curbs independence does to an individual, whether a society can effectively grow if it is paternalistically controlled from above, all of these are questions that the current government will have to grapple with as it moves into the future, and whether the answer is still authoritarianism remains to be seen.

@MoonLiteNite

Жыл бұрын

it is also more like 3.5mil, the other 3mil are people who are on work visas or long term pass holders. I was out there shortly after covid started, almost all the immigrant workers all left. Now this year, i see all the foreign workers back

@dsdy1205

Жыл бұрын

@@MoonLiteNite Well, no sense not counting them since they are such a significant portion of the population

@haruyanto8085

Жыл бұрын

Singapore and Switzerland are a good example of correct globalisation and frankly how countries should actually be.

@longiusaescius2537

Жыл бұрын

@haruyanto8085 ew

As an American man from North Carolina who is currently living in Indonesia, formerly Singapore and Taiwan I find your videos to be very refreshing because you take an objective stance in them. A lot of my dumbass countrymen (USA) say dumbass things about Singapore when they know absolutely nothing about it. (I wish I could say that isn't common but unfortunately it is)

@forzer456

Жыл бұрын

Best one I heard from an American was is Singapore in China

@EpsteinsRope

Жыл бұрын

@@forzer456 It makes me sad to be an American, but unfortunately that's what isolation and hegemony made "us". Not everyone who is ignorant to geopolitics, but there are a lot.

@forzer456

Жыл бұрын

@@EpsteinsRope agreed but I have to say when I lived in America i was jealous of the space and nature, one could travel America alone and have so many places to go. I think the cost of travelling is a privilege but everyone should venture out of their home countries to experience different cultures cause it teaches you that people do things differently.

@EpsteinsRope

Жыл бұрын

@@forzer456 I agree. America is a beautiful country, despite it being a hyper capitalist hellscape at the same time

@jacobchua7374

Жыл бұрын

The only thing I don’t like about America is, I can’t simply walk to my nearest prata stall to have my prata fix, in the middle of the night🙂

Your make great video's keep up the good work 👍

I love this channel, how is it not bigger?

When you live in Singapore, you can't even tell it was a dictatorship or it is still one.

@buglepong

Жыл бұрын

the last 2 years reminded everyone it is

@freddysband3632

Жыл бұрын

@@buglepong What the- No You think too much, it was just lockdown what

@freddysband3632

Жыл бұрын

@kingcook What-

@buglepong

Жыл бұрын

@@freddysband3632 sure, "just" a lockdown

@freddysband3632

Жыл бұрын

@@buglepong I mean what It's not like we were purged

As dictatorships go Singapore is more passive than most the best analogy is if the nanny state finally took full form into every aspect of life. While still maintaining a functional society. I still think it’s ridiculous that you can’t chew gum tho

@iniini4571

Жыл бұрын

You can chew on gum, you cannot sell the product.

@SSgtJ0hns0n

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of people do buy gum from Malaysia and bring it in for personal consumption. Border police don't really even bat an eye at gum, unless you brought in several cartons of it.

@huaiwei

Жыл бұрын

I also find it ridiculous so many foreigners cannot get it factually right. You cannot sell gum in Singapore, but you can consume them here. And the fact is that practically 99% of Singaporeans today do not even give a damn about gum anymore. We simply grew out of it and lost interest in it. Hence, no vandalism or littering caused by gum, nor dental issues, and we are not exactly whining about that. There are plenty of nicer things to eat here than chewing on what is essentially nutritionless sweet rubber. If you think I am being defensive and is pro-government, I have actually yet to vote for the ruling party. 😉😉

@gershomtan5879

Жыл бұрын

Chewing gum is fine mate. Selling it is illegal tho. Technically you could give it away though.

@MoonLiteNite

Жыл бұрын

chewing gum is legal, i had no issues bringing gum into singapore. You just can't give/sell it in singapore.

Just found ypur channel and damn boi is good. Would love to see you talk about the condor operation, you'll have a lot to tackle on once you reach latin america's story with cues and civil unrest, keep the great work dude!

Once again, you made a great video . Keep it up !!! Baltic states might be a great topic for the channel

Singaporeans are very lucky to have a visionary leader like Mr. Lee kuan yew. The fact that his economic model is inspiration for deng xiaoping to pave the foundation for modern Chinese economy is enough to say how great he is in this field. Our world need more politicians like this

Remember, centre left is the best ideologies, Singapore takes care of it's citizens by installing "dictatorship" Dictatorship is good only if the government is not corrupt. Meaning that good dictatorships are good leaders.

@huaiwei

Жыл бұрын

PAP is centre right.

@rockomax2732

Жыл бұрын

then I guess the one thing we should learn is to stay close to the center and not go batshit insane

@haruyanto8085

Жыл бұрын

Good governance is good governance regardless

@huaiwei

Жыл бұрын

@@rockomax2732 exactly. Most governments who stick to centre-left or centre-right are pretty sensible. Unfortunately the voters are not necessary as intelligent and love to flirt with the extremes.

This videos are very good, this channel will blow up soon

This video somehow got into my recommended and I subbed to you after that

Just wanted to note that the position of being Singapore's Prime Minister comes with an annual salary of 2.2 million Singaporean dollars, and honestly it feels pretty sensible, in the words of Lee Kuan Yew: 'If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys'

As a Singaporean, let me just say this: even though it is a soft authoritarian island-nation, so long you do not challenge the ruling government with lies, distortions and just plain lies, nothing will happen to you. In fact, citizens are more than welcome to send feedback on government policies. But if you start slinging accusations questioning the integrity of the ruling government, you are toast. Without LKY and his first generation of leaders, Singapore would not have been the prosperous island-nation she is right now. Remember, Singapore has ZERO natural resources. Singapore has NO hinterland. But you know what does Singapore have? People. Lots and lots of people. Which was why the ruling government doubled down on unrestricted free trade with other nations and investments on its people to level up their skills. Singapore is an unfinished nation. She is always constantly changing and her citizens are aware of that. Change is the only constant in life and Singapore has proven that with each successive year. Completely free democracy, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press are useless if a government of the nation cannot provide universal healthcare, feed its people, give them jobs or help the poor to move up the income ladder. What's the point of freedom & democracy if your children can get gunned down in their schools? What's the point of freedom & democracy if your country still has no universal healthcare? What's the point of freedom & democracy if your abortion rights are still being taken away from you? Freedom & democracy are overrated things if basic necessities are not being delivered by the government. Our government is not perfect of course. But at the end of the day, I will always have a roof over my head, universal healthcare, three meals a day and I get to walk on the streets of Singapore in the middle of the night without the fear of being robbed or gunned down. That's my freedom as a Singapore citizen.

@Odyss2023

Жыл бұрын

How can you be os sure that your great supreme leader's son or grand son is competent as the original? Do you have any kind of political alternate answer?

@longiusaescius2537

Жыл бұрын

@Odyss2023 so a possibility of a bad leader instead of a guarantee of all bad ones?

Your editing style reminds me of another KZreadr named Kraut. Keep up the good work!

The only reason Singapore is able to function under such circumstances is due to the fact that the leadership has a very, very low rate of corruption, and the focus on equal opportunity for all. There is no lobbying or special interest, insider trading, and the separation of religion from state laws is done very carefully, which is evident in our racial and religions harmony. Singapore did not attain such a functioning democracy and multi-racial/religiousity in a day; It took generations of sacrifices and fine-tuning (Start by giving up weapons, cracking down on vice activities, strengthening our policing, all done in a progressive manner). Our forefathers have seen the effects of drugs, secret societies, and racial conflicts and we collectively have decided that we will gladly follow the rules (or be 'sheep') if it means that our society prospers. - From a happy sinkie

Have a coffee. Cheers to the great work.

Dictatorship by definition cannot be voted out by popular vote. Hence Singapore is not a dictatorship when we go to the polls every 4 to 5 years in freely held, corruption free, general elections. Coupled with a independent judiciary, I take offence at your label of my country

@MoonLiteNite

Жыл бұрын

so is north korean votes. when the winning party gets 90%+ of the votes for decades, and anyone from the other party gets close and ends up jail, you might be in a dictatorship ..... Yes i know of the other parties, but they keep quite, have no say or voting power.

@compounding999

Жыл бұрын

@@MoonLiteNite So You think Singapore is similar to North Korea now do you. Lol ok I rest my case on how blind some people are

@dinte215

Жыл бұрын

I think most Westerners define dictatorship as a country that doesn't have their social, economic, political and ideological values. You don't believe what believe = ruthless dictatorship

@factfiend1000

Жыл бұрын

@@compounding999 So, its like the anti-North Korea? No offense intended, just curious.

Severely underrated channel.

wow your getting subs fast rn finnally a new vid i know your vids because of the african dicatator vid also remember me when your famous because you will be one day these videos are great

I just discovered your channel today and after watching over half your videos I can safely say you are BY FAR the most underrated history/political/philosophy channel on KZread. It is CRIMINAL that you aren't receiving hundreds of thousands of views each video you publish. I don't know what's going on but I know for certain if you keep on doing what you do people will begin to notice. Maybe a collaboration with other more prominent history channels would help? Cause I know once they see your roster of videos and the quality of your dialogue they'll definitely see what I'm seeing and have you on.

i just wanted to say that it feels wrong for your videos to have such low amount never give up making these great productions

@quincyames2014

Жыл бұрын

oh look a Muslim kind of cringe ngl

@ogolow570

Жыл бұрын

@@quincyames2014 bruh

@quincyames2014

Жыл бұрын

@@ogolow570 :O

He returns!

Love this video, MT. It does an excellent job of explaining how Singapore got to its current state. Speaking of states choosing pragmatic and authoritarian approaches to achieve greater social harmony, I was wondering if you could do a video on the current situation in El Salvador and Nayib Bukele. I've noticed some parallels with him and Lee Kuan Yew, albeit as well with other Latin American dictators and the like.

Thanks

Excellent video

This content is epic

I just wanted to share my comment as a Singaporean and this is my own opinion. Mr Lee words may be harsh but, being harsh does not mean it is wrong. Even now, with how educated Singaporean are, it does not necessarily mean we know what they we. It also does not mean we know how to run a country. Let along then. In term of death penalty for recent drug trafficking individual, I think overseas media has only emphasize about the individual defence of his IQ. The prosecutor team medical examination said otherwise. Why is no one bringing this up? I support the death penalty. Having said that, it is still a sad event where an individual life has been ended. Most importantly, our legal system work! There r definitely drug addicts in Singapore. However, to come across one is far and none. I am not saying this is the result of the system but I am saying, it does indicate there is not as many drug addicts when compared to other countries where there are cases ppl taking drug out in the open as if there is nothing

@longiusaescius2537

Жыл бұрын

He just hates criminals not getting away with crime

Random but Singapore or as the old names Temasek was already rich even back in the Malacca Sultanate period in the 14th century. Temasek was govern by the Malacca sultanate until Malacca lost to Portuguse in 1511 where the Sultan and royalty ran toward Temasek and created a new country called Johor. The Singapore started to exist when some royal in Johor made a deal with the British

Eloquently narrated bro

Fun fact Marvel has a fictional country that is literally the reverse of Singapore called Madripoor. Singapore is a huge place for trading eventually developing into a country with a very strong government with a Buddhist majority Madripoor was a huge den for pirates that turned into an anarchist state ruled by crime lords. It has a Hindi majority, and is home to Wolverine’s favorite bar

@feister2869

Жыл бұрын

Is this saying singaporeian alcohol is completely shit?

@gweejiahan9336

Жыл бұрын

Lolz but singapore was full of pirates before the brits, pirates of the carribean wasnt too far off. the beaches of singapore used to be littered with human bones before the brits cleared it.

Sometimes I just wonder what the country would've been today if he decided to pursue law instead. Since his wife and him did pursue for law prior, to him choosing politics for the sake getting protection for the country from being used to an advantage learning from the Japanese occupation. Then again I think his wife is smarter than him with her often making some of the decisions on behalf of him

Bro i love y vid of Afrika

Very good!

As a Singaporean, we’ve all already accepted the fact the Lee family will govern us for years to come.

@starhawkflyingbright6905

Жыл бұрын

liar liar.. tell us which son will take over the throne?

But what if something happens in the PAP that causes them to become corrupt (keep in mind I don't live in Singapore, and am fairly ignorant in terms of the politics there)? I guess the system works fine for now, but in the case something happens, there should be some way to counter it. Like an emergency election. Not that that could really do much if corrupt dictators had absolute control, but if there was some underlying democracy with minimal power that exercised extreme power when the citizens decided so, could that help?? I'm ignorant in terms of politics in general

@themusicgaragetmg2330

Жыл бұрын

It has already happened... but u won't hear about it, media is controlled by the state... lky might have been the wonderful leader, but what follows the 1st dictator usually cannot perform as well, and once it becomes a dynasty, corruption is inevitable. But as you can see, most will rather bury their heads in the sand than to admit the current short comings. Dictatorships are like the quick high of a heroine hit, the downside you will be seeing in the following decades

Empty, going-nowhere political groups always have badass logos!

@jarekkish5515

Жыл бұрын

Looks likes Mosley's BUF logo. LOL that would explain a lot.

to be far being pragmatic is more important in a country that anything else

You should do a video on pol pot and the Khmer rouge and the atrocities they committed

many aspects of democracy and leniency towards criminals are immoral

Singapore is not without its flaws. but before you criticize it, perhaps you should look at how the USA is now beset by crime. Because they choose to be kind to criminals by letting them off far too easily. Well, that's democracy, if majority of you in the west think this is good for you, then by all means.

@RSS_Kirygan

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps you shouldn't be using whataboutism because that a bad argument but anyways Look at japan, korea and scandinavian country they all democratic and a good place to living in and having a low crime rate plus the scandinavian treat is criminal well. The usa isn't the only country with democracy and the usa doesn't represent the West there other country too. (i am singaporean btw)

how do you square this video with your Rwanda video?“Why would they want democracy if authoritarianism gives them education, homes, and security?” This is a valid sentiment for Singaporeans but not for Rwandans? I'm not trying to attack you, I'm curious where you draw the line.

Honestly a w for Singapore

May be it would be better,if you lived your style in west and let others live their style in peace

For me, it's a good thing they got kicked out, because Malaysia ways of ruling also seems like not in a good way because of focusing in one race only, Malay. Like, they gave a lot of subsidiaries towards the "bumiputera" (Indigenous people like Malay and the native people), making some non-Malay didn't get as much as privileged as the Malays, forcing them to do it all by themselves. Even the school system in Malaysia still practicing "vernacular" school system based on race like Chinese and Indian school, which is ridiculous for modern days, but that's the reality

@aimansafwan1997

Жыл бұрын

The vernacular school system existed before independence thanks to the British, and the Chinese wanted the way it is to protect their own language. So the government can't change the archaic system without the consent of Malaysia's largest minority group.

@SiPakRubah

Жыл бұрын

@@aimansafwan1997 Then why Singapore doesn't have Vernacular school anymore? Their education was the same as us before during the British era, it's just ours that managed to still keep these education system

@aimansafwan1997

Жыл бұрын

@@SiPakRubah Well, Singapore once had this system during British occupation of the island. After forcible separation from Malaysia, Lee Kuan Yew abolished it. Fun fact, Singapore is one of three Crown Colonies before Malacca and Penang joined Malaysia. The rest of the peninsula are British protectorates.

@figtree_video_archive

Жыл бұрын

Can't actually fix anything when our parliament is literally a circus

“I hope you like learning about mister House”

Just found this channel by the african tyrants video, very good

I actually like him , I am not even Singaporean , I am african and wish we had leader like him rather then our incompetent african leaders who puppets to west

@lukesalvidge118

Жыл бұрын

Well the other half puppet to china, this is the problem when there are two major power blocs

Here’s my question: even if the Singaporean people approve of this, could the rest of the world live with a country that does this?

@ihavenojawandimustscream4681

Жыл бұрын

Singapore had a unique historical and geographic circumstance that allowed its people to tolerate a dictatorship. I can't imagine singaporean model exported to anywhere else except maybe Israel or some african countries like Rwanda. All these countries have people surrounded by hostile neighbours and with a memory of historical tragedy

@Kaiodenic

Жыл бұрын

It's important to also note that autocrats aren't inherently evil, _tyrants_ are. The issue with autocracies is that once you get a tyrannical leader, there's nothing you can do about it and many, many people will suffer and die. Democracies work slower than autocracies, but that speed is the price for protection against tyrants as we have many systems in place to massively slow down their tyrannical pursuits and then keep them out of government once their few years of power are up. So it makes perfect sense to have an autocracy as your country is developing and catching up as you can't afford to maintain a democracy without massive corruption, and then try to transition it into a democracy once you can afford to slow down or once you've had a run of tyrants and can't afford to risk having any more.

@aycc-nbh7289

Жыл бұрын

@@Kaiodenic But there should ideally still be a check on autocratic power to prevent people like Hitler and Stalin from emerging. In the Boy Scouts, I learned that one should always keep a bucket of water next to a fire in case it spreads outside of the fire pit. This is no different.

@aycc-nbh7289

Жыл бұрын

@@ihavenojawandimustscream4681 Though one should consider why those neighbors are hostile, though. In the case of Israel, it’s because of antisemitism and the idea that Israel should never have been a legitimate state. In the case of China, it’s because of rising authoritarianism and other political tensions with neighboring countries.

@Kaiodenic

Жыл бұрын

@@aycc-nbh7289 For sure, it can and often does end terribly. You can't really do much about it if you want the fast progress of an autocracy, though - which is why you gotta switch to a democratic system as soon as you have caught up and it's safe to do so. Switching is a whole other hell of course, it's just what it is.

awesome video

You should checkout William Gibsons article Disneyland with the death penalty :) great video

I think if there’s any main theme of your videos it’s that people are willing to ignore anything a government does as long as long as they are open to business and bring prosperity, very similar similar to Rwanda and other regimes like the Pinochet regime in Chile

@danielc2701

Жыл бұрын

Not totally true, for example, in Singapore's case, the government is also seen to be rather painfully logical and transparent about their thinking process, even if people call them excessively clinical and bureaucratic. Governments simply cannot be seen to be irrational and whimsical or it would affect confidence. And you might want to take a look at Rwanda currently rather than remember it from something 30 years ago.

It's not bad types of governments but bad types of leaders that can ruin a country

@ZigZag-mw9ir

Жыл бұрын

The problem with Authoritarian states, is they are often very vulnerable to whatever the current leader is like and are rarely that accountable. A bad democratic leader will often be voted out preventing power from surrounding an individual.

@minutemanchan7232

Жыл бұрын

@@ZigZag-mw9ir The only bad authoritarian nation is Australia

@SSgtJ0hns0n

Жыл бұрын

@@ZigZag-mw9ir I guess we got lucky with LKY then, since the man even after the end of his life refused to allow any streets, buildings or places named after him, nor even a statue erected in his honor (closest thing we have is an education award named after him). At least for most people, that rules out the selfish egomaniac angle for LKY's attitude to ruling the country.

Beautiful place!!!!

You should do a video on Banana Republics and the last impacting they had on Central and South America.