Comments on: Between Ordinary and Extraordinary: America and Singapore

By: Anxoin

Anxoin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:35:51 +0000

Just ask about yourself nationalism.

By: psychosis

psychosis — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:34:12 +0000

I see the issue as a case of the political leanings of the nation, with democracy as in the states, a worrying trend is the inability of voters to comprehend the mechanics of democracy, instead voting to affirm their view, because they believe that democracy equates to the freedom of speech.

In Singapore, the situation is one that has led the common person to believe that there is “big brother” looking out for them, in this case, the people would want to be reassured by their leaders. The “talking up” is probably just catering to the people’s expectations.

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By: satayxp

satayxp — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:05:59 +0000

“Americans demand that the privileged behave like the ordinary.”

I think this is grossly untrue, cos if so America will have embraced socialism. It is never easy to blanket label cos demographics defy blanket categorisation.

As for SGians, the majority are not intellectual enough, which again is the same for most ppl everywhere in the world.

In SG, it is the system, an authoritarian one, that is retarding the ppl. On the other hand the US or democratic systems elsewhere pushes the ppl to be intellectual.

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By: deminc

deminc — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:05:44 +0000

The American public is anti-intellectualism. The Singapore public worships so-called intellectualism to the point of abandoning their own common sense.