If you are talking about the shitty growth rate now, its due to
the shitty EU politics elsewhere.
Its also a natural evolvement of our economy. We cant be growing
forever!
If you talking cheaper better faster and KPI, that thinking
evolved from our FDI-led strategy. It really is a rat race.
And it will get worse, no mistake about that.
Because now the rest of the world has awoken to the terrific
idea of selling their people to the global market and now the MNCs
are spoilt for choice.
Do we have a choice out of this?
We often compare to Japan, that has remained stable despite its
"lost decade", but Japan has a large domestic market to fall back
on.
We do not.
So the global market is in fact paramount to our survival.
A lot of people might say that growth is not everything, but its
easy to say that when we have the dough now.
Perhaps thats why they say often also that the older generation
can tahan more nonsense because they underwent shit that people
like me, never knew of.
As individuals nonetheless, it isnt really all gloom as long as
we can find ways to circumvent these issues. And if anything, the
SG education and economy does provide for that.
The problem comes when you fall through the non-existent safety
net though!
