Consider this case study:
http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2008/04/10/downunder-its-paypal-or-cod-thats-it/
Aussies are an admirable people
when it comes to kicking eBay in the nuts as hard as eBay tries to
kick them. In 2006, following the shops-in-core fiasco, and the fee
hikes that went with it, a mass movement of sellers took the matter
to the media and the Australian Federal Government. eBay, in part,
had to back dow
The above case study proves an
ineresting theory which i am going to propose
now.everyone knows the
controversies surrounding paypal and ebay and their supposed
monopolisitic practices. In comparison to other countries, paypal
in Australia is regulated like how banks are regulated.
The case study above clearly
shows the importance of consumer protection and the government's
role in them. a two way process , when a government protects the
comsumers, the consumers, general publics will have a favourable
view of them.
Flash forward to singapore our own
sunny island, its the exact opposite. We shall not go into the the
context of consumers but the as citizens,
when the citizens are not
protected by their own government from unscruplous multi national
businesses who may possiblly do expolitation activities under the
rule of law, u can be rest assured the people will be pointintg
fingers at the sole responsibility holder of the problems, the
government.
Perhaps, this was how they could have possibly become unpopular
with the masses.examples possibly include the lack of minimum wages
for workers, unregulated employment of foreign workers, termination
of workers employment ect.
The conclusion is tht government and people are a two way
process. Alaways maintained and regulated. "Clearly if
something else has changed somewhere else in the transaction
chain", unhappiness is bound to occur. The case study, in question
again proves that everything lse is related as well, including
politics. The key here is the understanding, giving and taking
which matters.