MM Lee told the Russians western democracy not the solution

last SG · 2008-06-05T11:16:25+00:00

Dude.. do your maths properly can anot ? 10% of 10,000 is how much ?10% of 100,000 is how much ? Is it the genius fault that person who earns $10,000 is a re...

jojobeach SG

If I am rich like the Ministers, I am more than willing to donate 90% of my income to charity.

So, continue in your selfish greedy ways, leave the poor, destitute, old and handicapped to die by the streets. I have nothing to say about your character.

So they say " Talk is Cheap". How very true.

Wait till you really get rich first, then you come tell us you very generous ok ?

maurizio13 SG

So they say " Talk is Cheap". How very true.

Wait till you really get rich first, then you come tell us you very generous ok ?

Ok.

Civilgoh SG

He has better learnt the lesson to mind his own business. He is in no position to talk about western democracy.

ray245 SG

Come on people, you guys really think that western democracy is totally perfect?

Russia did experienced a rather westernised democracy shortly after the collaspe of the USSR. And guess what happened next? Their lives and economy collaspe even further.

Russia is STILL recovering from the chaos in the 90s, and it is only when Putin came to power, did russia manage to get some sort of control.

And the opposition in russia that the western media like so much is a joke...there is people supporting the return of monarchy which is disliked by many russians to neo-nazis.

jojobeach SG

Come on people, you guys really think that western democracy is totally perfect?

Russia did experienced a rather westernised democracy shortly after the collaspe of the USSR. And guess what happened next? Their lives and economy collaspe even further.

Russia is STILL recovering from the chaos in the 90s, and it is only when Putin came to power, did russia manage to get some sort of control.

And the opposition in russia that the western media like so much is a joke...there is people supporting the return of monarchy which is disliked by many russians to neo-nazis.

You may want to check out the book "Democracy Derailed in Russia-The Failure of Open Politics" by M. Steven Fish

http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521618960

maurizio13 SG

Come on people, you guys really think that western democracy is totally perfect?

Russia did experienced a rather westernised democracy shortly after the collaspe of the USSR. And guess what happened next? Their lives and economy collaspe even further.

Russia is STILL recovering from the chaos in the 90s, and it is only when Putin came to power, did russia manage to get some sort of control.

And the opposition in russia that the western media like so much is a joke...there is people supporting the return of monarchy which is disliked by many russians to neo-nazis.

Oh give me a break kiddy!

So you think dictatorship is superior to democracy?

Maybe you should widen your horizons by reading Animal Farm and 1984.

So was Putin a dictator like Mussolini, Hitler, Saddam Hussein and Kim il-Sung?

I am not surprised with the support for return to Tsardom, many fallen dictatorship in Asia fall prey to such naive individuals too. Many still think that a return of Suharto, Marcos and Saddam Hussein will solve their ills. No matter how bad a dictatorship is, it will still benefit certain segments of the population. Like the policies of Saddam in Iraq where he marginalised the Shi'ite, cause genocide amongst the Kurds, while elevating the Sunnis.

Domestic conflict impeded Saddam's modernizing projects. Iraqi society is divided along lines of language, religion and ethnicity; Saddam's government rested on the support of the 20% minority of largely working class, peasant, and lower middle class Sunnis, continuing a pattern that dates back at least to the British mandate authority's reliance on them as administrators.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein

LazerLordz SG

Actually LKY may be right about western styled democracy not suitable . Remembered something Kim Dae Jung wrote about his comment on asia and western concepts. lol!

It may be true to a certain extent, but even when we join both the Washington Consensus and the Beijing Consensus to come up with a developmental doctrine that has the best of both the liberal and conservative elements of statehood and growth, there's still an unavoidable line to be drawn on certain non-negotiable universal values.

LazerLordz SG

Lazy people are always very compassionate when it comes to giving excuses for their own failure

The truly successful are the ones in a position to feel compassion, because they don't have to slog their lives to make marginal returns.

maurizio13 SG

Democracy is not a single event that cure all ills. Transition from one form of government to a Democracy is a process, a long process extending to the decades.

maurizio13 SG

The truly successful are the ones in a position to feel compassion, because they don't have to slog their lives to make marginal returns.

If I were the one who has past business dealings with the Marcos or Suharto regime, I too would feel sympathetic towards them and long for a return to their rule where I have an unfair advantage over the rest.

Arapahoe SG

i was thinking the entired trip is about Russian oil. Everything said n done is targeted their oil.

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