Monday, September 24, 2007

Lee Kuan Yew still fretting over Singapore

Yes, from 1965, it's been quite a turnaround. He credits ideas like this to its success:

... the government must protect the less affluent, less educated people from information that might upset or confuse them. These are people “who are not finding it so comfortable to suddenly find the world changed, their world, their sense of place, their sense of position in society.”
Well, if you're less educated, how does being denied information help? I recall not being able to get certain news periodicals because they were banned for unwelcome views.

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