Intimidation is the essence of the Singapore system - One Nation Under Lee
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Defining Singapore as a police state might not be immediately acceptable to many Singaporeans, because the propaganda has been successful. People prefer to practice mental amnesia by blocking the police state of out from their mind and by pretending that it does not exist.
This, however, does not negate the fact of the practices of a police state and that many Singaporeans and other observers are aware that the PAP government uses intimidation, regulation control, and legalism to maintain its political hegemony.
To call Singapore a ‘police state’ should not be seen as a rhetorical device, an exaggeration of the regulating role of a benevolently paternalistic regime. Singapore is a police state.
However much successful propaganda assists its citizens to accept that the intimidation is necessary. That is why it is so dangerous and represents the police state in its modern form.
One Nation Under Lee is a documentary about Lee Kuan Yew and how he iron-fistedly subjugated an entire nation in the guise of democracy.
The only ever public screening of the film in Singapore was raided by the authorities. It has been 'unofficially banned' in Singapore and the filmmaker is currently undergoing police investigation.
This, however, does not negate the fact of the practices of a police state and that many Singaporeans and other observers are aware that the PAP government uses intimidation, regulation control, and legalism to maintain its political hegemony.
To call Singapore a ‘police state’ should not be seen as a rhetorical device, an exaggeration of the regulating role of a benevolently paternalistic regime. Singapore is a police state.
However much successful propaganda assists its citizens to accept that the intimidation is necessary. That is why it is so dangerous and represents the police state in its modern form.
One Nation Under Lee is a documentary about Lee Kuan Yew and how he iron-fistedly subjugated an entire nation in the guise of democracy.
The only ever public screening of the film in Singapore was raided by the authorities. It has been 'unofficially banned' in Singapore and the filmmaker is currently undergoing police investigation.
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