Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state
by coldtea on Thursday November 18, 2021 @12:16PM
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As opposed to migrant Mexican workers in the US, for example?
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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state
by outside1234 on Thursday November 18, 2021 @04:12PM
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I'm not comparing and contrasting countries.
Just pointing out that he was an upper class non-citizen and his experience is very different from a lower class non-citizen because of that.
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state
by refurb on Thursday November 18, 2021 @07:17PM
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As compared? Absolutely!
A migrant Mexican worker has full access to the US courts, labor laws protect them, etc.
Migrant workers in Singapore are simply discarded if troublesome. Even though the population of 90%+ vaccinated (for months), migrant workers in Singapore have been confined to their dormitories (when not working) for almost 2 years now.
Pretty regularly trucks with workers in the back with get into accidents and a number will die. Government says “to expensive to make companies transport them in buses”.
There are literally two different systems for Singaporeans and foreigners.