It is not that our eyes are closed. The fact is that we don't want to see beyond our nose. We need a revolution of the kind narrated here.
Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia. It is substantially larger than Monaco and Vatican City, the only other surviving sovereign city-states.
She is just 17 sq.km. bigger than Mumbai and is now the hub of international economic activity.
Lee Kuan Yoo who became the Prime Minister did not mince words. Most of us make a beeline for Singapore as tourists. What he did was
Spit on the road – throw into jail
Litter garbage – throw into jail
Traffic offence – throw into jail
Spit on the road – throw into jail
Pee on roadside – throw into jail
Theft of electricity – throw into jail
Ask for speed money – throw into jail
No uniform – throw into jail
No response to public complaints – throw into jail
Throw cigarette but – throw into jail
He knew only one thing – THROW INTO JAIL.
He knew that the kind of democracy (say licence) won’t work and he ruled with iron hand. The result: COMPLETE DEMOCRACY IN REAL SENSE. Today, Singapore is the envy of many developed countries.
He ruled irrationally to make Singaporeans rational. For a city state of 4.9 million population, the GDP has soared to 239.146 billion Singapore Dollars (one SGD = Rs.33.67) in 2008.
It is the law that rules there. Police is not the concubine of political masters.