RIP Lee Kuan Yew (user search)

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	Re: RIP Lee Kuan Yew « on: March 25, 2015, 06:39:40 AM »
	« edited: March 25, 2015, 06:49:41 AM by Charlotte Hebdo »

Quote from: Jim Bolivar di Griz on March 25, 2015, 06:35:36 AM

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Just thought should me mentioned.

He basically created the "Chinese model" and it is being copied in a wide range of developing countries, so in that way he probably indirectly did more to prevent the spread of democracy than any other post-WW2 figure.

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Re: RIP Lee Kuan Yew

« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2015, 04:41:27 PM »

Quote from: Tetro Kornbluth on March 25, 2015, 04:38:38 PM

Quote from: Charlotte Hebdo on March 25, 2015, 06:39:40 AM

Quote from: Jim Bolivar di Griz on March 25, 2015, 06:35:36 AM

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Just thought should me mentioned.

He basically created the "Chinese model" and it is being copied in a wide range of developing countries, so in that way he probably indirectly did more to prevent the spread of democracy than any other post-WW2 figure.

The success of this model in the growth of democracy reminds me of what a strong democracy China remains today.

Did you miss the word prevent?

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Re: RIP Lee Kuan Yew

« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2015, 03:58:14 PM »

Quote from: CrabCake on March 30, 2015, 10:40:28 AM

Here's the video anyway:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6jMODDfNE0Y

Pretty good actually - maybe a "dick" or two too many, but such is the teenage mind.

Singapore gets too much credit and the downside is rarely mentioned.

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