[speeder]

Except people in Singapore stated they like it there.

And I considered moving to Singapore a couple times, if I get ever invited for a job there, I would promptly accept.

I don't agree with lots of their laws, but I must recognize that it works. (Singapore is clean, safe, has good business freedom, the government does not tolerate racism and religious hate, and the city has a very interesting functional design).

[perfTerm]

Sure the world you would step into when you went to Singapore would be great and fine. However if you consider the fact that Singapore has the highest gini coefficient (measures wealth inequality) [0] then the inability to speak freely might be pretty awful for the peoples at the bottom. It's easy to gloss over the weakest links in our societies (we sure do it well here in America, and probably almost everywhere) but you really have to remember that your Singapore isn't most people from Singapores Singapore and therefore it only seems fair to include a postfix: I don't agree with many of Singapore's laws but it works for me.

[0] - http://thehearttruths.com/2013/02/21/singapore-has-the-highe...

[toni]

> Except people in Singapore stated they like it there.

In a country where you are not allowed to openly criticize the ruling power, how can you even measure what people of Singapore really like?

[speeder]

Even in countries with heavy censorship, you can tell if large groups are unhappy, they might state they are happy with their mouths, but body language, and general behaviour will show otherwise.

Also, problematic countries also frequently have some dissenters, and people that managed to flee and speak against it while outside it.

Singapore don't forbid you to leave, and all people I ever talked that went to Singapore, or lived in Singapore but where outside Singapore, mostly only had praise for the country.