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Since the PAP has indicated no interest in discussing the fundamentals, the intellectuals who could contribute most to what Singapore should look like in 20 years have not bothered to join the national ‘conversation’.
At the end of this ‘exercise’, we’ll get a a re-affirmation that the ‘silent’ majority agrees with the Govt, that our model is the envy of other countries, that our existing policies have ‘served us well’, we just need a bit of ‘fine-tuning’, we’ll get few tweaks here and there, some apparently ‘sacred’ cows (eg HDB discrimination against singles) may even be slain, and the PM will give everyone a pat on his back.
There’s three types of people who may be interested in the national ‘conversation’. Unfortunately, only two types have shown up, while the third feels distinctly uninvited.
- http://politicalwritings.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/conversation-what-conversation/
At the end of this ‘exercise’, we’ll get a a re-affirmation that the ‘silent’ majority agrees with the Govt, that our model is the envy of other countries, that our existing policies have ‘served us well’, we just need a bit of ‘fine-tuning’, we’ll get few tweaks here and there, some apparently ‘sacred’ cows (eg HDB discrimination against singles) may even be slain, and the PM will give everyone a pat on his back.
There’s three types of people who may be interested in the national ‘conversation’. Unfortunately, only two types have shown up, while the third feels distinctly uninvited.
- http://politicalwritings.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/conversation-what-conversation/
