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Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore by leafboi on Saturday September 05, 2020 @02:24PM (#24385704)
Don't think that the democratic process guarantees a good hand off... it's still a crap shoot and a lucky draw. See current President Camacho of the United States.

Unlike a dictator, the aggregate will of the people never serves the self interest of a single individual. The issue with majority rule is that the aggregate intelligence/judgement of the people is likely not matched with what is required to select a good leader.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore by harshitaneja on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:58PM (#24386439)
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
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Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore by Spooky23 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:35PM (#24387395)
The current situation reflects how law and society has lagged behind technolgy and social media. We moved away from moderated information delivery to a torrent of self-published nonsense.

For every HN post, there are a dozen lunatics.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore by srtjstjsj on Saturday September 05, 2020 @07:43PM (#24387735)
Did you watch the whole movie? President Camacho was a good leader.
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Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore by dddw on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:18PM (#24387298)
Love the idiocracy reference there
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