PAP’s ‘meritocracy’ system is copied from China’s communist system
This article discusses the very meritocracy system PAP is so proud of. It takes a look and compares PAP's system with the Chinese Communist system and concludes that the PAP is simply carbon copying the Chinese system almost wholesale - including the elitism that goes with it, as well as moving towards a one-party system. This...
Runaway Elitism
The ideal philosophy was that ‘all wealth should revert to the state on the owner’s death'. Then why abolish estate duty? It was only a few weeks ago that Vivian lectured the young doctors not to overcharge their patients, in other words not to be too greedy and raise the cost of living of the people. Chok Tong has followed...
阿甘哲学: 政治人物处理全国性丑闻的态度
阿甘(Forrest Gump) 的智力低于常人,所以他对别人的话语只能照字面的意思接受(take someone/something at face value),因此你要骗他是很容易的事。 有些人为了接近你,他把自己扮成阿甘,希望你的智力也和他所饰演的角色等齐,那么他和你就会有“共同的语言”。 本周政治人物扮演阿甘最像的要算是尚穆根。贪污调查局助理司长被控失信百多万公款,外交部长兼律政部长尚穆根指出,必须确保此类案件“是例外,而不会成为常态”。2013年,因为政府高层腐败接连被揭发,加上审计署每年都指出政府部门不照章办事,浪费公帑,执政党百万年薪部长领导部门的能力是越来越受到质疑,他却要硬拗成“每一次都是例外”,思维是极端鸭霸,简直要一手遮天。 阿甘第二的严孟达,《改革与纠错》则仿效文革大字报的写法,要把坏事变好事: 高官专业操守“失守”,只要一两位就足以震撼全国上下,甚至成为国际上的焦点,这说明新加坡是特别的例子,我们的特别也就是我们的优点。 严孟达的话乍看好像还有那么一点儿意思,但是想深一层,这哪是我们的什么特别优点?全世界还不是这样,有谁会放过贪官污吏、品德有瑕疵的政府官员?因为对于政治人物,民间总是有两种态度:一种是相信“权力造成腐败”,看到腐败出现,一定要不遗余力鞭挞到底;第二种是相信所有领袖都是圣人(白衣白裤),突然知道他们也会贪渎、好色,反感程度也不下于第一种。 因此政治人物怎么处理全国性的丑闻,态度很重要。是要开诚布公地和民众交流,诚心接受众人的检验,还是抢占先机,强词夺理呢?主管公共服务的副总理兼国家安全统筹及内政部的张志贤则是近乎于膝跳反应(knee...
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