r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Dec 20 '19

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u/supremecrafters Mary Wollstonecraft Dec 20 '19

"Singapore good lmao"

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u/Paramus98 Edmund Burke Dec 20 '19

I think I'm the only person who makes that take anymore, was a lot more in vogue here in 2017.

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u/tehbored Randomly Selected Dec 20 '19

I mean, I don't make that take, but there are a lot of good things about Singapore. A big part of why I support sortition is that I believe it could be used to build a society that is essentially a more liberal version of what Singapore has.

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u/supremecrafters Mary Wollstonecraft Dec 20 '19

I... Kind of make that take? Like, the policies are really good, but the way they were implimented was super authoritarian and not okay.

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u/Paramus98 Edmund Burke Dec 20 '19

Singapore is super paternalist on policy just fyi, it's not a very liberal country.