From one Singaporean to another, thanks for doing the good work.<p>I&#x27;d like to say that, by and large, most Singaporeans are concerned with economic and comfort issues. Cost of living, high home prices, wages depressed by foreign labour. These are the main issues that drive election results.<p>After the 60% outcome in the 2011 election, the ruling party was shocked into a social-welfare response that resulted in a landslide 70% outcome in the 2015 elections. Opposition politicians, stung by this rejection, decried Singaporeans&#x27; general lack of interest in their hobby-horse topics.<p>But the majority of the population really does think things have gotten better. You could say this is the &quot;tyranny of the majority&quot;, because they&#x27;re not interested in many of the topics that concern the minority. (Furthermore, the ruling party moved in the direction of opposition proposals for greater social welfare, giving the opposition less ground to stand on.)<p>There&#x27;s a great breadth of alternative viewpoints online: activists, anti-PAP people, and so forth. The minority view here is alive and well, even getting to the point of rabid exaggeration (e.g. Roy Ngerng).<p>Ultimately, the objections to the Singapore system lie mostly in differences in principles. Is the current tradeoff of somewhat limited rights and good governance acceptable? To a large majority, it is. Is there a risk of a future government becoming abusive? Yes, but it&#x27;s still remote in most Singaporeans&#x27; minds.<p>I hope it&#x27;s clear that, while Singaporeans complain about governmental mismanagement, they&#x27;re mostly not asking for additional freedoms (like what some posters might think). They&#x27;re asking for better governance and greater fairness in treatment.<p>edit: In response to @nickpsecurity, I&#x27;d say the reason most Singaporeans don&#x27;t complain publicly is, we <i>really</i> don&#x27;t think the problems are as big as others think. @mediumdeviation and @visakanv here are clearly liberal in outlook, but they view the current ruling party positively on the whole. Their views really do reflect the majority of the younger, more educated&#x2F;travelled crowd in Singapore (which isn&#x27;t the only group that matters, of course).