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American Singapore(s): Competent city governance hiding in plain sight

https://www.population.fyi/p/american-singapores-effective-city

no mention on singapore's draconian drug laws, a compliant population and highly-remunerated (and therefore highly competent) politicians? :marseyhmm: :marseyhmmm:

orange site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40797376

@TracingWoodgrains

also obligatory “disneyland with the death penalty”:

>Singapore is the most boring, sterile place I've ever been. I'd take Tokyo, Taipei, or Hong Kong over it in a heartbeat. The entire country reminds me of a mall. William Gibson's 1993 Wired article "Disneyland with the Death Penalty" (https://www.wired.com/1993/04/gibson-2/) is still as relevant as ever.

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I saw a fascinating talk that convincingly argued that the Chinese Communist Party has taken its game plan over the last 30 years from Singapore, a de facto one party state led by the People's Action Party. It's interesting to note that this party was founded on socialist principles but is now firmly capitalist.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40799242

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