In Singapore, The boys spend 2.5 years of their life serving the
nation. The boys loose out in employment opportunities by 2 years.
Then they lose the pechant to study further due to the long NS duty
and numerous psychological taunts in NS by their
superiors. The girls climb the career ladder and as a result
do not want to marry and settle down with the boys who are left
behind. And factor in the foreign women influx, men shun away from
local women, disregard them and generalise them. The girls
also grew up in a life of luxury and are generally apathetic
to political or social affairs in the state . Clearly
evident, in their lack of understanding about the conscript
system and purpose, state governance and its associated problems
, one being the boys who have to compete with foreigners for
jobs and reservist liabilities hampering their progress. To add
insult to injury, the cost of living does not tally with
earnings and the low wages that citizens earn does not help in
procreation in the city state. The other factor is the predominant
money culture prevalent in this city state that is causing
traditional asian values to be eroded over time. And being females,
and their natural instinct in the city state tend to put
materialism as top priority. The foreigners who arrive, many
are unwilling to settle down in the system and contribute to
national security as they found that there is no real value in
settling down in the city state which has no natural resources,
economically unstable , politically underdeveloped and lacking in
the diverse array of life found in other developed nations.
Those who do, are most often, not the top talents the
govt preceives them to be and often not highly educated or
employed in jobs that require entry or low level skills.
These foreigners have also realised that returning to their
countries or use the city state as a stepping stone after a
stint is the best option.
The problem here lies in the social fabric of the nation that
was engineered for decades to fulfill a narrow mindset
dominated purely by twisted and unnatural capitalism , meritocracy
and elitism while showing a total neglect for social issues.
The manouever has set the ground for an initial social problem that
has since intensified and has been seen to cause more problems over
time. Unlike Other developed nations have addressed these concerns
with effective social planning and ethics, Singapore yet remains
unwilling to take concrete efforts. Observers have noted that
Singapore's social policies geared towards bringing
about a secure and suitable environment for continous trade and
economy, rather than as a whole solution . The system which
collapses when the world economy turns its back on the city
state, the social situation is iis now paying the price. Rather
than implementing protectionist policies to avert this situation,
the authorities expect the social landscape to wait and ride out
the tide till things improve.
The other problem here lies with the city state's
obsessive paranoia, stubborness,lack of foresight and
outdated outlook on issues relating to national security,
citizen rights and social situation tied in as whole picture. Why
is there a need to maintain a conscript system when other similar
countries like Taiwan have successfully abandoned the system?
The system together with the other issues is
causing problems in the social fabric and how long before they
start to realise this issue, until the birth rate reaches zero?
Does the expenditure on the conscript system producing any real
output value?. No it does not, at best a superficial face value. Do
we have to ask ourselves on why we are spending enormous
amount of money on human assets of the conscript system that
produces unhappy soldiers, who view NS duties as a hindrance and
burden, get disadvantaged in employment, risk their lives, and most
importantly bring about dysfunctionality in national birth and
marriage rates? The conscript system is an enemy of its own
existence, outputting results which is contrary to what it set out
to achieve in the first place and along with it bringing
added problems. And of course no problem is complete without
addressing the the root causes . It seems the city state is
suffering from a major problem that needs to be addressed -
Problems which are made up of myriad of problems. The Singapore,
popularly known as the lion city we know today, is best described
as the lion with an erectile dysfunction.
Who are we to blame? Ourselves or the govt? The answer is
obvious. Both.
Yes SiN city might have a rift if you have a large amount of
foreigners having done NS while another half hasn't done NS. It can
really suck if you are a foreigner who had to do time while
nowadays foreigners get automatic PR just for studying here.
