Re:A Low-Cost Solution to Traffic
by ghaff on Friday February 10, 2017 @07:31PM
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Singapore in general is probably the best example of what a wealthy urban benevolent dictatorship looks like. Their Single City Gallery (basically their urban planning museum) is a must visit for anyone interested in that sort of thing. Whether that's a desirable or practical model for a US city, I'll leave to others.
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Re:A Low-Cost Solution to Traffic
by umanwizard on Friday February 10, 2017 @09:42PM
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Singapore is not a dictatorship by any means. It is listed as a "flawed democracy" by the Economist: the same qualitative rating they give to the United States.
The Singapore government controls all the major press outlets and sues political opponents into bankruptcy. A single party has won every election since independence. The US has flaws, but in a completely different way from Singapore.