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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by TheAlchemist on Thursday February 19, 2026 @06:04PM (#47080994)
Exactly this.

The country's progress and management is extremely good, however it's enabled mostly by exploitation of migrant workers and various kind of white collar crimes (ie, facilitating business for illegal or sanctionned entities - cf Nvidia chips for China for example)

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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by FredFS456 on Thursday February 19, 2026 @06:33PM (#47081353)
I think specifically for example of getting Nvidia chips to China, many Singaporeans would say that that is only illegal because the US deems it so. There is no moral reason.
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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by TheAlchemist on Thursday February 19, 2026 @07:00PM (#47081661)
Agree, the word crime was too strong. It's more of a grey zone.
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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by eru on Thursday February 19, 2026 @10:20PM (#47083253)
What's exploitation?

I guess you prefer poor people stay in their poor countries where you don't have to look at them? Allowing migrant workers is a win-win arrangement, and I wish we'd do more of that.

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