Will Singapore Survive LKY?

[Vigilante]

Q. With all this pessimism surrounding Singapore's prospects today, what's your personal prognosis? Will Singapore survive Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew?

A. Unequivocally yes, Singapore will survive SM Lee but provided he leaves the right legacy. What sort of legacy he wants to leave is for him to say, but I, a blooming upstart, dare to suggest to him that we should open up politically and allow talent to be spread throughout our society so that an alternative leadership can emerge.So far, the People's Action Party's tactic is to put all the scholars into the civil service because it believes the way to retain political power forever is to have a monopoly on talent. But in my view, that's a very short term view. It is the law of nature that all things must atrophy. Unless SM allows serious political challenges to emerge from the alternative elite out there, the incumbent elite will just coast along. At the first sign of a grassroots revolt, they will probably collapse just like the incumbent Progressive Party to the left-wing PAP onslaught in the late 1950s. I think our leaders have to accept that Singapore is larger than the PAP.

Extract from an interview with Ngiam....

 

[Bigfuck]

Rephrase. Can LKY survive Singapore? Singapore was around long b4 LKY. It will be around long after.

 

[eatshitndie]

sg may become the most haunted island in the world (another new title - haunted hub) with him cumming back from the grave every now and then to treat some lucky chap to a knuckle duster blow at a cul de sac.

 

[Leepotism]

No one is indispensable, much less a dictator.

 

[halsey02]

sg may become the most haunted island in the world (another new title - haunted hub) with him cumming back from the grave every now and then to treat some lucky chap to a knuckle duster blow at a cul de sac.

I thought that his followers will do, is to incant his name in unison...he will rise from his grave & set things right!! or they would need a necromancer?

 

[Picardo]

I thought that his followers will do, is to incant his name in unison...he will rise from his grave & set things right!! or they would need a necromancer?

Pray, why would anyone want to revive the dinosaurs, for instance? That would be like brainlessly wiping out progress and advances made in humanity.

 

[DamnUseless]

Who cares?

 

[songsongjurong]

simple, turns junta rule.

 

[johnny333]

Can Spore afford to support so many LKYs i.e. GCT, Tony Tan,... All these millionaires/billionaires are like parasites

 

[Fook Seng]

Although Singapore was born during LKY's lifetime, of course it will survive LKY. Why not? The real question is will the present PM survive LKY?

 

[Sideswipe]

the best legacy for LKY is for Singapore to go on smoothly after his demise. actually, LKY legacy will be complete if Singapore undergo a transfer of political power from PAP to another party. that do not means that PAP and LKY have failed. that means that Singapore is a true democratic state. the skeptical are wrong. LKY will not call in the Army. LKY should learn from his long-deceased good friend ROC president Chiang Ching-kuo: how Chiang rushed political reforms in Taiwan during his last few years to give the Chiang family a better name in Taiwan.

 

[Bigfuck]

the best legacy for LKY is for Singapore to go on smoothly after his demise. actually, LKY legacy will be complete if Singapore undergo a transfer of political power from PAP to another party. that do not means that PAP and LKY have failed. that means that Singapore is a true democratic state. the skeptical are wrong. LKY will not call in the Army. LKY should learn from his long-deceased good friend ROC president Chiang Ching-kuo: how Chiang rushed political reforms in Taiwan during his last few years to give the Chiang family a better name in Taiwan.

You smoking weed so early in the morning? Leegime giving up power to be slaughtered?

 

[Sideswipe]

You smoking weed so early in the morning? Leegime giving up power to be slaughtered?

people here seem to believe that once PAP lose power, they will paralyze the country before handing over to the new government, all their misdeeds will be exposed, some MIW will go to prison, some MIW will flee overseas... this is not the case in many countries when they undergo a peaceful transfer of political power for the first time ever. nothing happened to the toppled leaders and their cronies. corrupted people from previous government got off scot-free. the corrupted politicians can even make a comeback at the next election.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

The dynasty will not survive LKY but Singapore will be here.......and go from strength to strength.

people here seem to believe that once PAP lose power, they will paralyze the country before handing over to the new government, all their misdeeds will be exposed, some MIW will go to prison, some MIW will flee overseas... this is not the case in many countries when they undergo a peaceful transfer of political power for the first time ever. nothing happened to the toppled leaders and their cronies. corrupted people from previous government got off scot-free. the corrupted politicians can even make a comeback at the next election.

i sincerely how we will not get a pinoy marcos type outcome.........rather hope and pray to see gaddafi outcome.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

You smoking weed so early in the morning? Leegime giving up power to be slaughtered?

Yes too early for day dreams......LKY the coward will not even have the balls and good sense to do a Suharto type step down.

 

[laksaboy]

the best legacy for LKY is for Singapore to go on smoothly after his demise. actually, LKY legacy will be complete if Singapore undergo a transfer of political power from PAP to another party. that do not means that PAP and LKY have failed. that means that Singapore is a true democratic state. the skeptical are wrong. LKY will not call in the Army. LKY should learn from his long-deceased good friend ROC president Chiang Ching-kuo: how Chiang rushed political reforms in Taiwan during his last few years to give the Chiang family a better name in Taiwan.

I wouldn't trust his idiotic son to carry out those reforms.

Keep calm and carry on playing mahjong.