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? 
orange site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40797376
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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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It's strange how Singapore doesn't nearly have as many state-owned enterprises or nearly as many tendrils in its own financial sector.
Maybe the orange redditor is r-slurred?
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