Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state
I consider Singapore to be the most dangerous dystopia in the world.<p>It&#x27;s not even close to the worst place to live. That&#x27;s not the point.<p>The thing that makes it the worst is that it is superficially desirable. It&#x27;s like refined sugar, a poison that rots your teeth and causes dozens of health problems but tastes fantastic and is marketed heavily to children.<p>Only a lunatic or an idiot would want to emulate North Korea but many sane intelligent and well-meaning people want to emulate Singapore. That&#x27;s what makes it so horrible. It&#x27;s a shining beacon of totalitarianism that advertises that wonderful things can be purchased at the cost of human rights.<p>I would rather live, pragmatically, in Singapore than many other countries, but if I were there I&#x27;d be fully aware that it&#x27;s a road to hell.<p>The runner up for this designation is probably Dubai, which is even more of a two-tier Neo-feudal slave state with third world style corruption and only a superficial rule of law.