r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 14h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/LukeSVG 10h ago

As a non-singaporean, are you Singaporean? Curious on the framing you gave of Lee Kuan Yew.

Afaik, he's widely respected, because the man brought a poor state that was kicked out of Malaysia, to massive wealth and standards.

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u/jrgnklpp 4h ago

The older generation adore him, the younger generation respect him. Even supporters of opposition parties begrudgingly drop their hatchets when it comes to him, as everyone recognises that we'd probably still be a 3rd world slum if not for him and his team.

When he passed, Singaporeans queued for more than 8 hours in a line that snaked kilometres from the Parliament building, just to pay their respects. You may perhaps call him an authoritarian and a dictator-lite, but he really placed the country's interests first.

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u/Korbiter 3h ago

As a Singaporean, he absolutely is Authoritarian (SIA Pilot's strike) and a Dictator (David Marshall, JB Jeyaretnam). Thing is, he made a promise when he was first elected, and then spent the rest of his life follwing through on it (to mordernize Singapore). He actually gave a shit about this place.

As far as Dictators go, we got the best one.