[changchuming]

Western democracies love to talk about Norway, but in my native Singapore, which has a comparable population to Norway, crime rate is way lower than Norway. Yet we have some of the most draconian laws ever which run antithetical to the liberal ideals in Norway. Fact is, a country with a small population is much easier to control than a country the size of US or China.

We also have a much more diverse population than Norway, so if anything, US should be looking towards us for inspiration.

[anongraddebt]

Interesting. In the past, I had never considered Singapore in this regard.