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Nov. 1st, 2015 08:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timeletsLee Kuan Yew used two main reasons for postponing competitive electoral democracy in Singapore:
- electoral democracy is too expensive and we can't afford it;
- to make high quality electoral decisions, we need sophisticated voters, which (as a young society) we don't have.
Today, Singapore is one of the richest countries in the world and and its population is one of the better educated. The old excuses against democracy no longer apply. When Lee Kuan Yew was alive people wouldn't challenge his authority because of the economic wonders he performed in Singapore. It's different now and I have a feeling that something is going to change.
- electoral democracy is too expensive and we can't afford it;
- to make high quality electoral decisions, we need sophisticated voters, which (as a young society) we don't have.
Today, Singapore is one of the richest countries in the world and and its population is one of the better educated. The old excuses against democracy no longer apply. When Lee Kuan Yew was alive people wouldn't challenge his authority because of the economic wonders he performed in Singapore. It's different now and I have a feeling that something is going to change.
