the binary outcome of LKY thought

Daddy!! SG

the binary logic goes this way:

If you think that Singapore is going down after LKY is gone,

then that means

you believe that he is doing good things for Singapore when he is around.

Fantagf SG

Singapore will be better off without the arrogant senile old dictator.

can't wait for his demise, I am getting impatient.

Fantagf SG

According to the shameless egoistic senile dictator - he claimed that he has prepared his team well, without him team will still go on.

AndrewPKYap SG

Only the propaganda press is selling the idea that the counrty will go down after the cursed despot dies. Some people of course will suffer when he is gone, namely his cronies and his dogs. An Obama will rise in his place if the people can get rid of his "fix" the opposition "cancer of the anus" son.

AndrewPKYap SG

Actually the country is already going down even before he dies and of course it will continue to go down after he dies because he has setup a system of cronyism and nepotism. It is more to do with what an asshole he is and not how good he is.

Which, as a gentle reminder, I predicted in sgforums, some time back.

see if you havn't: 07 Jun `08, 3:55AM

Ah Chia SG

you believe that he is doing good things for Singapore when he is around.

I think if the old dog is still alive, people will still have the fear to rise up against the PAP regime, but when he dies, slowly the fear will be gone and people will rise up against PAP regime.

That is what sometimes happens to autocratic dictatorships that revolves around a cult figure.

For example in Guinea, after the old autocrat dies, the military immediately launched a coup.

A military officer appeared on television in Guinea on Tuesday soon after news of the death of President Lansana Conté to announce that a "National Council for Democracy" was taking over the government, news agencies report...

http://allafrica.com/stories/200812230246.html

Or China after Mao was dead:

On 8 September 1976, Mao Zedong died. The next month, the Gang of Four was arrested. Hua Guofeng, who had replaced Zhou as Premier, succeeded Mao as Party Chairman. Deng returned to the good graces of the Party and the government and subsequently eased out Hua as Premier in 1980 and as Party Chairman in 1981 in favour of his allies.

http://www.opinionasia.org/ThirtyYearsofDengsReforms

Or USSR after Stalin:

De-Stalinization refers to the process of eliminating the cult of personality and Stalinist political system created by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

Stalin was succeeded by a collective leadership after his death in 1953. The central Soviet strongmen at the time were Lavrentiy Beria (in charge of the Ministry of the Interior), Nikita Khrushchev (First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party) and Georgi Malenkov (Premier of the Soviet Union)...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Stalinization

I hope the old dog dies soon.

I am tired of seeing his fucking face and listen to his filthy bullshit propaganda.

donkhead333 SG

maybe the only reason why PAP is still clinging on as the dominating party would be due to the 40-60 year olds in singapore, because they have witnessed the growth the singapore more-or-less, which translates to LKY's success of governing the country

furthermore, these 40-60 year olds are not as it-savvy as youngsters today (majority at least), and fail to look at the other side of the story which is NEVER shown on national television due to media censorship, newspapers, radio stations, TV news. as such..the majority of the voters will tend to vote for PAP..

we need to give it some time before the younger generation, who participate more actively, like in these forums, get a shot at shifting the political power in singapore through their votes.

Ah Chia SG

because they have witnessed the growth the singapore more-or-less

They also witnessed the decay of Singapore society more clearly than most.

Fantagf SG

how to when those who voted for the opposition still think that PAP is better. sigh! singapore has no hope

skythewood SG

we need to give it some time before the younger generation, who participate more actively, like in these forums, get a shot at shifting the political power in singapore through their votes.

i like the word clinging on. it gives the feeling that it is barely surviving, like get 51% of the seat like that...

Chris88110 SG

we need to give it some time before the younger generation, who participate more actively, like in these forums, get a shot at shifting the political power in singapore through their votes.

You my friend, have obviously never been to the coffee shop before....................

donkhead333 SG

You my friend, have obviously never been to the coffee shop before....................

huh?