Posted on 04/14/2025 6:13:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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It's a tightly run offshore Chinese majority island, spun off from Malaysia in the 60's to rid themselves of said Chinese. Under a government consciously run along Confucian principles, it's gone from dirt floors to a city that resembles something out of Star Trek.
A guy working at one of my part time retirement gigs responded to me saying that Singapore has the best airline and best airport in the world with "I'd never want to travel to the Third World". I just laughed. If he wants to avoid the Third World then avoid any Democrat run US city or any US airline company. People don't realize how far we've fallen. And the UK is way ahead of us in decline.
I agree that Singapore Airlines is great. The best I have ever flown. I think I have only flown first class on that airline and it is 10X better than first class on a US airline. The Singapore airport is also very nice. Nothing at all like LAX or Laguardia. Our leftists have let us down.
Your post is probably the most ignorant comment to FR today. Congrats.
I read some article about Singapore’s amazing transformation beginning in the early 60’s IIRC. Based on the new ruler’s strict enforcement of their new Constitution after being released from British rule IIRC. The main thing was getting rid of the corruption in the government and the businesses. No more backroom deals, bribes, etc.
It went from slums and shacks to a modern place very quickly. Shortly after reading the article I met a guy that grew up in Singapore and all of his family is still there. He said it was amazing to live there as it happened.
I’ve read much the same. Post WWII it was a malarial hell-hole.
Here in the US we have no such excuse.
IMO, we don’t hate Congress enough for what it has done to destroy the American Dream.
The guy from Singapore, before I even mentioned why Singapore became so successful said “Yes - it is amazing. The number one reason is because he got rid of all of the corruption.”
Just like what Trump is trying to do now.
Not sure when it began, but instead of carefully overseeing public expenditures to prevent corruption, as far as I am concerned, Congress has long participated in the grift.
We do not hate Congress enough.
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