Singapore is weird to me. It is fostering a multiethnic society and put this even above the freedom of speech and the ruling party officially rejects the idea of a liberal democracy, with quotes from its leaders which sounds like libel for the people of Singapore.<p>Also, the PAP is ruling the country for almost 60 years now, the first prime minister was in office from 1957 to 1991. Usually this goes with corruption, maybe not the open and direct one but basically if you want to change anything in the country you have to talk with the PAP. You could call it a monopoly or corruption or both. Especially since there is no real opposition. I think one president got elected simply because no other candidate was considered eligible for the office. (I&#x27;m still wondering how he could have become president, if he agreed to this system)<p>And I don&#x27;t even have the space to talk about the capital punishment in Singapore, which seemed to me like that life is worthless there.<p>And such a regime gets access to a vast array of sensors throughout the country. With nothing stopping or controlling it. For example, what could such a system do if you start a public protest or a strike or a rally for something.