I have considered getting out, and I might still do that down the road. I do qualify under the various investor immigrant categories put out there by various countries. But always, i ask myself, why should I leave? What have I done wrong that I should leave? I was born and raised here and its true the country has changed from a happy one in my earlier years to the shit hole it is today. But i if leave, I am playing into the PAP's hands. They want you to leave. They want more new citizens to come in, even if its for a short time, to keep their votes up and buy new shit HDB flats from them. If anybody should leave, it should be the PAP. They are the ones that fucked up the place.
So your reason for not leaving Singapore is because you do not want to play into the PAP's hands? Sigh.
Yes the PAP is fucked up. We all know that for umpteen years now. So what are you going to do about it? Post more at Sammyboy? Spread the word? Hope more people "see the light" and then come elections we can vote them out? That's what I thought initially.
Then one day my cousin (who is a prominent economist now, but then was working in MAS) said to me "I am sick of your complaining. What are the solutions? To me you have 3 choices 1) Do something about the problems. Join grassroots. Join Politics. Work with the organizations as a volunteer. Be part of the solution. 2) Migrate to a better place 3) Shut up"
It is one thing to be angry with the PAP. But to remain in Singapore to spite the PAP is exactly what the PAP KNOWS most Singaporeans will do. They KNOW most Singaporeans are too fearful of migration. Migration is too troublesome. Too much change. Too much risk. Singapore is obviously not too bad right now. The PAP knows it.
You think those FTs who really go to Singapore are first choice, first class people? They are just as dumb. Dumb bozos who got conned to go to Singapore.
Ask yourself in all the years Sammboy forums has been around, all the discussions, all the intellectual analysis, all the readers, has Singapore improved in the past 15 years or worsened? Wake up! See the light.
It is no longer about the PAP or Singaporeans anymore. It is what as an individual you choose to do. Whether you sacrifice your time and effort to fight the fight. Or put in time to organize and plan your flight (trust me this isn't as easy as you think by merely saying you "qualify" under some internet website's criteria. Writing here does nothing. To give an analogy, it's like trading stocks. Paper trading vs actual trading. Is PAPsmearer really TopSage from CNA money forum? (closed now)
You know why the discussions here are puny and paltry now? Because all the intellectuals and the realists and pragmatists have left Singapore. I know. I used to talk to them. Now they hardly come here. They are happily emigrated.
Now I come here to read and post for laughs.
But as they say, "A man convinced against his own will is of his opinion still".
Those who agree with me, I know they are out there will not post. They have better things to do like actually thinking how to change their lives.
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