i still dont understand the mentality and psyche of sinkies.....is the reason the vast majority of sinkies do not vote for opposition is because they are middle class and upper class and feel that they are already comfortably well off and rich enough and feel that chee soo juan's policies which are socialist and welfarish in nature and targeted at predominantly the lower class and working class trying to find a foothold in this country do not particularly benefit them that much and might actually be detrimental to them?how rich are sinkies actually?i know that the median wage is about 3.4k in this country which means 50 percent earn less than 3.4k and 50 percent earn more....is that really alot?are sinkies actually more politically astute than we think?the rich might appreciate the finer points in this country,like how CPF is capped at a maximum of 6k income which is a regressive tax on the poor,while in other countries the rich has to pay incrementally higher taxes according to the tax bracket they fall in in order to pay for "social security" and other welfare,singapore's taxes is capped at a wonderfully low 17 percent,theres no capital gains tax in this country,no dividend tax as of 2013,which benefits the rich who have large holdings of stocks,bonds and assets.
ultimately i agree,u cant really change anything much in this country much until u change the mentality of sinkies and figure out what makes them tick and whats they are thinking.since im a poker player i meet tons of sinkies from all walks of life,although politics seldom come up,whenever theres a big event of political nature,u tend to get the feeling that except for the occasional hotheaded dissenter,a large portion of sinkies seem to either silently approve of PAP or like them with a guilty pleasure....theres even a couple of well educated elites i know who are young and in their twenties and actively volunteering for the bukit batok elections,which could be a school thing i dunno.i have a feelling that the television and mass media is poisoning sinkies minds.television is the most powerful and dangerous invention ever created by mankind,television controls people using information,feeds them the shows and fantasies they like and gives them a false sense of reality.television dumbs down the masses.