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Re:The cost of keeping Singapore squeaky clean by korantu on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:51PM (#18333909)
The standard reply would be - if the government controls everything and gets corrupted - it has the power to corrupt everything.

This is a worry - there is no feedback loop unless government makes sure it is.

On the other hand, if current government really can't control who will be elected next, then there is less chance that current government abuses power. And having armed citizenry reduces chances of government going totalitarian.. or so they say.

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Re:The cost of keeping Singapore squeaky clean by sampo on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:19AM (#18333987)
Do you think the other countries in the area are less corrupted than Singapore?
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Re:The cost of keeping Singapore squeaky clean by korantu on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @01:43AM (#18334209)
Sorry, I did not make it clear. I was talking about dynamics, IF government of Singapore for some reason in the future decides to do crazy shit - citizens will have harder time stopping it. That's all. I am not referring to situation right now, only in an unlikely future.
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Re:The cost of keeping Singapore squeaky clean by echevil on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @04:08PM (#18340839)
Plenty of democratic countries have severely corrupted leaders or government doing crazy shit. It’s not like democracy alone can make these shit stoppable
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Re:The cost of keeping Singapore squeaky clean by korantu on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @11:18PM (#18343090)
Our definitions of crazy shit are different :-) I am referring to large scale North Korea type shit, not the 'give government contracts to my friends' kind
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