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泰勒丝给新加坡选民带来梦幻, 是否也带来积极向上的精神?

  泰勒丝给新加坡选民带来梦幻, 是否也带来积极向上的精神? 花巨款取得泰勒丝在东南亚的独家演出,自豪的认为这笔生意很合算,给经济带来不少好处,油水不留外人田。从某一个角度看,这是不是一种“小美国”的表现?只有独赢,别人输赢与我无关,也不值得同情,有本事就来竞争。 或许,也是基于这种独赢道理,配合年轻人的需要;同时,反对党根本捞不到好处,新加坡选民会感激政府,带来经济效益,让新加坡出现梦幻,给年轻人造梦的机会,满足心理上的追梦的需求。就如,不在乎天长地久,只在乎曾经追过梦。 泰勒丝在上回美国大选支持民主党拜登。这次大选前的超级星期二初选,泰勒丝也鼓励美国选民踊跃出来投票,这回她没有明确支持谁。她的歌曲,在一定程度上,属于反对派,边缘者,乡村而非城市的女性声音。有人说,她懂得游戏规则,懂得利用这些规则,却有意无意的背叛它。或许,这就是吸引霉迷的地方。 行动党政府会不会在即将来临的大选,取得有如泰勒丝式的独赢,现在评论为时过早。行动党给年轻人带来短暂的梦幻,梦幻过后,新加坡人还是要回到现实。最为重要的是,我们有没有看到泰勒丝梦幻背后的精神:反对、边缘、背叛、利用规则又背叛它。 行动党或许只是看到铜板的一面,纸币的一角,而没有看到整个大局。梦幻毕竟不是现实,尤其是时间一过,快感过了,梦幻与现实的距离越来越大,独赢的机会就越来越小。

Strange? Why do people first seek help from WP not the government or PSP? Who is promoting populism?

  Strange? Why do people first seek help from WP not the government or PSP? Who is promoting populism?  Different approaches to the plight of the vulnerable - who politicised the matter?

No Full Funding because of Failed Propaganda. Failed KPIs.

  No Full Funding because of Failed Propaganda. Failed KPIs. Cut funding. No full funding.  As reported,  (SMT) did not meet key performance indicators for digital reach, youth reach, vernacular reach and average time spent on its websites and apps. This proves the ineffectiveness of mainstream media.  No wonder, the US Ambassador to Singapore sees ‘no need’ to deal with Singapore’s traditional media. He prefers to use social media. The irony is this is also the state of the PAP’s propaganda. The past effective propaganda machine is no longer reaching the youth, the community, and social media.  People are unwilling to spend time reading the state sponsored propaganda.  What is next?

No Babies. Who flies the F35?

  No Babies. Who flies the F35? Singapore’s birth rate hit the historical low of 0.97, well below the replacement level.  The world’s lowest birth rate is South Korea, hitting the new low of 0.72. It seems money cannot solve the problem as shown in the case of South Korea, despite her $270 billion financial incentive.  When money cannot solve the problem, it becomes a real problem with no answers and solutions. There is a Chinese saying, “when money can solve a problem, it is not a problem.”   No babies. Who do you think would fly the F35 in Singapore, Japan and South Korea?  All these are low birth rate countries. Maybe, perhaps, foreign talents again. In the near future, foreign talents will be guarding our defence, and of course, our reserves.  Where is the Singapore core? 

自我设定为以色列,万一变成哈马斯,怎么办?

  自我设定为以色列,万一变成哈马斯,怎么办? 巴勒斯坦和以色列之间的历史恩怨,从超短期历史看,就是现在教育部的公民教育:一个小时哈马斯和以色列的卡萨冲突。教育部希望,学生能够利用这个课程,塑造自己的观点、立场和同理心。 这个一个小时的课程受到家长质疑,这么复杂的历史,如何能够说得清楚。卡萨冲突,以色列巴勒斯坦冲突,这个课题,是一个限制级,不适于公开讨论的话题,更不要说示威请愿。大人不宜,小孩却要自己发挥,找自己的立场,观点,同理心? 我们喜欢把事情简单化,好像有点像老子的细微开始,利用PPT,就能够把事情说清楚,然后依据几个拼图,就开发出自己的结论。这好像叫小孩上网,看社交媒体,然后自己下判断。难怪,有时候,结果让人跌破眼镜。老子的意思,是要我们了解前因后果,把基本问题搞清楚,才来行千里路。 新加坡一直认为,自己的成功是依靠本身的不断努力。在外部环境不利的背景下,凭着坚毅的果敢的精神,排除万难,取得世界人均前几名。因此,我们比较像以色列,几千年斗争,才有落脚地,生存下来。那么,我们有没有可能成为巴勒斯坦,卡萨?很多人会认为,这是发神经,不可能。不要忘记,巴勒斯坦有同样的悠久历史。 不在乎天长地久,只在乎曾经拥有?戴手表,戴一时,戴一世,还是天长地久?以色列,巴勒斯坦,无解,有解,能解,还是不想解?

No worry about Leong Mun Wai But the future of PSP

  No worry about Leong Mun Wai But the future of PSP Leong is a single person. The party is the future, or does it have one?  From day one, the Progress Singapore Party has never wanted to be an opposition party, learning how to be an effective opposition. PSP wants to play the role of Team B, an alternative to the PAP.  Projecting an image of elite, smart, above other parties, even better than the PAP. They fail to realise they must first learn the opposition politics, the underdog politics.   It seems no one in the party knows alternative party politics. No one has good experience in opposition politics.  They pretend they know how the government works as their past PAP association. The Team B mindset is leading the party to nowhere.        It is not a Leong Mun Wai problem.  It is the party problem. Look beyond POFMA, and so-called parliament behaviour, is PSP a committed party?  Do they really know how to win in an election? The reasons, hard work, ground work, teamwork, organisati