Just got a video recommendation about him defending the death penalty for drug traffickers and I remembered all the western propaganda about him being “le great man” who singlehandedly raised Singapore out of poverty or some shit.
Just got a video recommendation about him defending the death penalty for drug traffickers and I remembered all the western propaganda about him being “le great man” who singlehandedly raised Singapore out of poverty or some shit.
Its really obvious when you think about it
Its literally on the shortest sea route from India to China
Okay but when Singapore became independent it was extremely poor and wasn’t a world hub. That took a lot of doing
It wasnt that poor compared to the rest of the colonies tbh and it had all those natural advantages that we talked about
It became an international trading hub post independence as a result of policy decisions to maintain links with China and the US both, the PAP spent years developing the economy through state directed capitalism, massive state investments, and trade arbitrage
Just being on a trade route doesn’t make you a model for economic growth the way Singapore is, China didn’t look to Egypt to figure out how to structure their economy in the 80s
i was exaggerating, but im just sick of this whole 3rd world to 1st world myth, it would not have been possible without its strategic position
… sure, and America wouldn’t have become the global hegemon without the massive oil reserves, and Britain couldn’t have been the empire without the channel, but there is more to history than like… geographical determinism.
Peter Zeihan is triggered by this
Whats his deal anyway? I keep getting him recommended and he seems like a stock standard “Geopolitics expert” that talks about the amazing advantages that the investments in Ukraine have for the US (making russia lose soldiers and material without committing any american troops) while ignoring the fact that the war is a bloodbath for the Ukrainians. Also he talks like a spook so I guess thats part of why he seems like a bloodless freak.
He’s a dumbass grifter who uses geographical determinism and sophistry to tell chuds what they want to hear.
AKSHULLY, according to Guns, Germs, and Steel…
Wdym about 3rd world to 1st world myth?