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Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore by AmericanChopper on Saturday September 05, 2020 @07:18PM (#24387622)
By subsidize housing you mean that the government builds housing which they then sell to citizens. Which is a form of middle class welfare, but quite different from what most westerners would consider subsidized housing.

If you’re unemployed in Singapore, you get 3 months worth of welfare from the government. After that you rely on your own savings. (Unless you’re permanently disabled)

Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore by chillacy on Sunday September 06, 2020 @12:31PM (#24392499)
Going from first principles though, Singapore has a large ethnically Chinese population which tends to take care of family members / elders more than in the west.

Unless western countries are willing to adopt a culture of filial piety where you can live with your parents until you’re married and your parents expect you to take care of them in old age, I don’t see them replicating that feature.