Singapore has been ranked as the happiest countries in Asia and in the top 25 happiest in the entire world.
I find it rather hypocritical of people who have never been there, denounce the country but the residence who live there apparently are very happy.
Also, I’d be willing to bet that many of the people speaking ill of Singapore are also the type who would say you shouldn’t judge other cultures. Well that’s exactly what you are doing now.
I’ve never been there and I have little interest in going, but the people there have chosen those draconian laws and with them, they have incredibly low crime and drug use. So you might not agree with their laws, but you can’t disagree with the results, and the people there feel it is a tradeoff they are willing to live with.
So who the fuck are you to tell those people how they should rule their own country?
I don’t know anything about Singapore besides what a friend who grew up there said. She came here to the US as an adult. Tried very hard to stay and worked very hard to bring her parents over to the US. Very confusing given that she had nothing but great things to say about the place and got very mad if I said that the US might be better in any small way. She had a lot of complaints about the US and many I found unfair even if many were totally fair.
So then I asked her: do you think that I a black woman could do what you did here in the US in Singapore. And she skipped over my question and continued her rant about how great Singapore is. That’s all I personally need to know. Singapore probably is great, but only if you’re the right kind of person, the acceptable person. I get the feeling that she and her family weren’t those kinds of people and that’s why she left and she’s pulling her family here to the US.
From my perspective, Singapore is a dystopian shithole I’m glad I wasn’t born to.
With that said, it’s so common for immigrants to criticise the country they migrate to. And it’s usually unfounded. But not always.
The only Singaporeans I knew were heavy travellers. Strong desire to study and work out of their country. Very proud of their country, however. One of them was a friendship I had to end because I couldn’t handle the eccentricity and constant showing off.
Okay? Even if people were 100% truthful about being happy in a dictatorial hellscape, that doesn’t mean everyone else shouldn’t actively criticize that country for…being a dictatorial hellscape.
Your post has real “but he made the trains run on time” energy.
Mohamed Shalleh had argued that a friend he owed money to had tricked him into believing he was delivering contraband cigarettes.
You support this man being executed? Per the article it was for 54 grams of heroin which the state claims is enough for:
600 users for a week
Which is a blatant lie and evidence the state resorts to falsehoods to justify its barbarism. 1/2 a gram a day is common for an addicted user, so this man was carrying (unknown to him) just over 100 doses.
Here is a link to the World Happiness Report website with the list for 2023. Singapore is 25th overall, which is ten spots behind the United States. I also took the liberty of averaging out the total from the available years of the World Happiness Index on Wikipedia, and you can see that information below:
Singapore has been ranked as the happiest countries in Asia and in the top 25 happiest in the entire world.
I find it rather hypocritical of people who have never been there, denounce the country but the residence who live there apparently are very happy.
Also, I’d be willing to bet that many of the people speaking ill of Singapore are also the type who would say you shouldn’t judge other cultures. Well that’s exactly what you are doing now.
I’ve never been there and I have little interest in going, but the people there have chosen those draconian laws and with them, they have incredibly low crime and drug use. So you might not agree with their laws, but you can’t disagree with the results, and the people there feel it is a tradeoff they are willing to live with.
So who the fuck are you to tell those people how they should rule their own country?
I don’t know anything about Singapore besides what a friend who grew up there said. She came here to the US as an adult. Tried very hard to stay and worked very hard to bring her parents over to the US. Very confusing given that she had nothing but great things to say about the place and got very mad if I said that the US might be better in any small way. She had a lot of complaints about the US and many I found unfair even if many were totally fair.
So then I asked her: do you think that I a black woman could do what you did here in the US in Singapore. And she skipped over my question and continued her rant about how great Singapore is. That’s all I personally need to know. Singapore probably is great, but only if you’re the right kind of person, the acceptable person. I get the feeling that she and her family weren’t those kinds of people and that’s why she left and she’s pulling her family here to the US.
From my perspective, Singapore is a dystopian shithole I’m glad I wasn’t born to.
With that said, it’s so common for immigrants to criticise the country they migrate to. And it’s usually unfounded. But not always.
The only Singaporeans I knew were heavy travellers. Strong desire to study and work out of their country. Very proud of their country, however. One of them was a friendship I had to end because I couldn’t handle the eccentricity and constant showing off.
How could anyone seriously come up with a take this stupid?
“It’s ok that the state murders peopl for fake crimes as long as the people not being murdered don’t mind.”
You’re a fucking psychopath.
Okay? Even if people were 100% truthful about being happy in a dictatorial hellscape, that doesn’t mean everyone else shouldn’t actively criticize that country for…being a dictatorial hellscape.
Your post has real “but he made the trains run on time” energy.
From the article:
You support this man being executed? Per the article it was for 54 grams of heroin which the state claims is enough for:
Which is a blatant lie and evidence the state resorts to falsehoods to justify its barbarism. 1/2 a gram a day is common for an addicted user, so this man was carrying (unknown to him) just over 100 doses.
Singapore has not been voted happiest country. I have no idea where you are getting this info from.
Singapore has been constantly highlighted as most stressed, most unhappy and least satisfied.
https://mothership.sg/2023/03/singapore-happiest-country-asia/#:~:text=Singapore has been ranked as,UN)%20World%20Happiness%20Report%202023.
UN Happiness Index 2023.
You’re perfectly fine to take your complaint to the UN since apparently you know better. Apparently.
I do know better. Better than the UN.
I live in this country.
Here is a link to the World Happiness Report website with the list for 2023. Singapore is 25th overall, which is ten spots behind the United States. I also took the liberty of averaging out the total from the available years of the World Happiness Index on Wikipedia, and you can see that information below:
2023 - 25th
2020 - 31st
2019 - 34th
2018 - 34th
2017 - 26th
2016 - 22nd
2013 - 30th
Average from the 7 available years of available Wikipedia Data (rounded up) - 29th
Link to the World Happiness Report for 2023:
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2023/world-happiness-trust-and-social-connections-in-times-of-crisis/#ranking-of-happiness-2020-2022
I’m a person who values human life.
Btw capital punishment isn’t culture.
I’d say I was happy, too, if I thought they might hang me or cane me if I didn’t. Happy as hell, sir!
Who the fuck are you? Only brainwashed Singaporeans leap to its defense. Shitty little city honestly.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/singapore