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Originally Posted by Vin
The few countries take turns being the richest in the world: depending on currency exchange etc.
Luxembourg may be ranked on top, but it has worse rich-poor divide than Singapore, and many other countries that are less wealthy. One in five citizens live in the threat of poverty, while Singapore is one in ten.
Go ahead and smoke up for your freedom.
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I don't even smoke, I just like basic human rights like a free and fair press, freedom of speech, and a functioning democracy.
Lee Kwan Yew might have been a benevelont dictator, but his son who has inherited the throne is looking like he's less of one. Who knows what the future has in store for Singapore; For every Hu Jintao there's a Xi Jinping.