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Originally posted by Spanky
What makes you think Singapore is not a democracy. The communist party operates freely there. They have [democratic??]elections. All adults can vote.
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The true facts in the last three sentences don't necessarily make Singapore a functioning Western-style democracy.
Ask yourself, who is President/Prime Minister of Singapore now? how did they get there? Who was the prior office-holder? How long were they in office?
What are the rules of engagement for the operation of opposition parties in Singapore (i.e. have they ever been given a snowball's chance in hell)?
It was definitely a velvet-gloved authoritarian system for a long time. Not sure that's really changed.
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