Won’t happen here
Oxford University student Lavinia Woodward. Photograph: Lavinia Woodward As an anglophile, I’m glad to see that elitism and meritocracy still go hand in hand in England, unlike in S’pore where there’s elitism but no meitocracy even if unlike in England there’s supposed to be only two classes, not many like in England An...
Singapore Rentier Polity
The persistency of an illiberal government in Singapore is directly linked to PAP’s control of over 80% of our land resource. ‘In rentier states, citizens lacked a fiscal basis for demanding democracy, because the state finances benefits to its citizens through ‘natural resource’ revenues rather than taxes’. (Beblawi...
Of Poverty, Unlawfulness and Humanitarianism
When trying to select an appropriate imagery for my post this time, I admit I was a little unsure what to select. Perhaps a network of roads or crossroads to discuss how in life we are faced with a number of paths or options in our conduct and decisions in life. Maybe something related to our Singaporean flag or pledge because...
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