tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21081196.post115148637381819631..comments2024-01-28T21:18:18.090+08:00Comments on Meng's Blog: What we have in SEA is not Democracy IIMenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15210125960655641579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21081196.post-1151961394803851482006-07-04T05:16:00.000+08:002006-07-04T05:16:00.000+08:00Think Jules wanted to sing the song 'Why you so li...Think Jules wanted to sing the song 'Why you so like that' Singapore style and do a breakdance. KKKCHEAH WENG SUNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707577093402791549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21081196.post-1151661489390599432006-06-30T17:58:00.000+08:002006-06-30T17:58:00.000+08:00wah! y lik dat?wah! y lik dat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21081196.post-1151633264553119592006-06-30T10:07:00.000+08:002006-06-30T10:07:00.000+08:00Yeah, you are an incurable optimist...In fact, for...Yeah, you are an incurable optimist...<BR/><BR/>In fact, for a long time I was a rather big fan of the stability that the "democracies"of SEA brought to the region - my view was that this enabled long-range planning, political stability, ptomoted the required FDI, intra-regional trade, exports blah blah. At the expense of "true" democracy, human rights, racial equality, separation of powers etc etc - but then, hey it looked like it was working fine economically speaking.<BR/><BR/>Being the true capitalist and money-minded babe-in-the-woods that I was then, if these need to be sacrificed to accelerate down the path to economic prosperity, then so be it... As history has shown, it was no more than a mirage. The "invisible hand" did need the background infrastructure to work properly and cannot be divorced for expediency...<BR/><BR/>So a more "legit" looking democracy mat not be sufficient and now we are paying the price for it... In a sense, we made our bed and now must lie in it. Again, how many of us think that we can change the world (or at least the country we are in) ?? Or is it easier to search for greener pastures elsewhere ?(SG calls these people quitters)<BR/><BR/>It may well be that the true pioneers (TAR, LKY) did behave altruistically and the structures and institutions were perverted by those who came later as "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely".<BR/><BR/>Govt and Business ? Do not mix... <BR/><BR/>7:47 PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21081196.post-1151490623188614982006-06-28T18:30:00.000+08:002006-06-28T18:30:00.000+08:00Go back to what han meng said. Fire in the belly m...Go back to what han meng said. Fire in the belly man. Fire in the belly.<BR/><BR/>Wanna open this forum to the 85 er's on mailing list ? See how many dare speak up.CHEAH WENG SUNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707577093402791549noreply@blogger.com