[puntfast2]

I think deeply about various issues ...and how they evolve in the longer term but to put things simply first:

 Under Lim Chin Siong ....Singapore would have ended up a poorer, more relaxed and happier society.

Under LKY, we have more money but unevenly distributed, extreme stress and nbusload of unhappiness.

LKY is like the father who hot housed his children to achieve more economically like it or not through discipline and strict rules.

Anyone else not just Lim, Singapore would have progressed at a slow pace like Penang, Taiwan etc.

Every society makes it tradeoffs, there is no free lunch ....a price is paid for every gain...but that price is it worth it?

Money may not be success and success may not lead to happiness and meaningful lives....the complexity of human needs is hard to fathom once we go beyond the basic needs.

Wealth and misery is sometimes intertwined.

A wealthy society that does not procreate to refresh itself ends up as a failed society.

The much vaulted view that Singapore leaders and LKY have long term vision may not true...in fact if we look further on and beyond....I think they failed to appreciate the complexities of human society.


GST from PAP have money evenly redistributed, poor will get more than rich. This is an excellent scheme by PAP!