Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state

Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by coldtea on Thursday November 18, 2021 @12:14PM (#29267833)

>When I lived there a while back the shock to me was the “What nationality are you?” when trying to find a place to rent. Discrimination was commonplace and even explained away by the majority.

So, like the US, but with less hypocrisy about it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining#Current_issues

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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by nwiswell on Thursday November 18, 2021 @12:40PM (#29268168)

I'm not interested in defending redlining, but you _cannot_ ask the question at issue in the US.

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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by coldtea on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:14PM (#29272673)

That's the hypocrisy part: you can still do it, and it happens all the time, but covertly.

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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by refurb on Thursday November 18, 2021 @10:14PM (#29273380)

No, it’s actually illegal in the US, people have been penalized for doing it and if you are a victim of it there are ways to report it.

In Singapore it’s just tolerated.

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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by BelenusMordred on Friday November 19, 2021 @12:43AM (#29274215)

> No, it’s actually illegal in the US

You are misunderstanding what the GP comment said. The reality is that landlords/employers can and do discriminate based on race, religion, age, etc all the time. They simply just can't say it out loud, that's the illegal part.

I find that Asian people tend to be pretty open about this stuff, whereas in the west it's taboo. Don't think that anyone would be foolish enough to try arguing that there's no silent discrimination occurring in the US.

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