What is in a name ?
The Nazi disguised their 'evil and biggoted racist purity' credo
with a favored term - 'National Socialism' - to attract their
targetted audience who have fallen into economic hard times during
the 1940's.
Nazism had no original political or economic philosophies or
ideologies of its own, and borrowed heavily on the concepts of
Communism which it loathe, and the efficiencies of
Capitalism.
Capitalist Democracy or Socialist Communism, or a mix of Democratic
Socialism, what is in a name when the ideologies are intended to
evolve a system to organise human efforts towards a better economic
standard that allow a high standard of living for its
peoples.
Singapore started off - after independence in 1965 - being a member
of reknown group of countries, calling themselves Democratic
Socialists International (led by UK), which firmly believed in the
practises of Democracy, while pursuing the laudable goals of
Socialism.
However, the unfortunate high handed, 'dictatorial' practises and
policies of LKY and his Ruling Party in Singapore - during 1966 to
1975 - drew the furore and condemnation of the Democratic
Socialists, and got Singapore to be kicked out from an
International Confederation for a second time in less then Ten
Years.
Is Singapore a Democracy, in the manner that the Parliamentary
System is being practised in Singapore ?
Is the manner that Politics is practised in Singapore similar to
Democracy or closer to those found in Communist countries that
advocate the Supremacy of a Single Party ?
Are the trappings of economic, social and cutural activities that
affect the lives of Singaporeans identical to Communism or
Capitalism ?
Surely by this time in the Year 2003, we have seen the unaccounted
wastage and glaring economic inefficiencies in the use of talent
and national wealth in a One Party dominating Politics and Economic
Life in Singapore ?