Is the PAP govt benevolent but misguided or malevolent?

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

There are two major schools of thought.

Many swing voters, the conservatives, and a lot of establishment linked people feel the government is trying to do good for Singapore, but it is sometimes misguided, or it implemented the policies in a messed up way.

The other school of thought held by many opposition supporters is that the govt does not have citizens wellbeing at heart and is out to screw people for their own selfish benefit.

The first group of people contend that the government has absolutely no reason to implement what are clearly vote losing policies unless it truly believed they would be good for the people in the long run.

The second group believes the government is only trying to milk the system for their own benefit whilst they are still in power, so citizens should wake up and vote out the govt as quickly as possible.

The first group says that the govt is prepared to lose votes or even seats in the short run because they believe in the long term benefit of the policies for the country.

The second group says that the government is incapable of acting for the peoples' interest anymore unless sufficient pressure is brought to bear at the polls. They say the govt knows it is losing votes but is incapable of change because the dogma and cronyism has become so entrenched.

Who is correct? Do we have a benevolent government that is prepared to sacrifice its own support in the short term to protect the long term interests of Singapore, or a malevolent government that is robbing citizens because it can?


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