“..the militarization of National Day parades renders the parade a ritual of power and hierarchy, dramatizes the state’s monopoly of force, personifies the nation by underscoring values of order, discipline and regimentation, and reassures the populace in the face of anxiety…”
Lawrence Leong
“Independence is not being free from foreign rule and being subject to local tyranny, but making tyranny foreign to the local.”
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“Instead of a crescent and stars, I see a whip and dollar bills..”
Sam Ho
“[Singapore's] brain drain crystallizes the fallacy of intertwining economic prosperity with happiness.”
Khairulanwar Zaini
“This is not housing, this is storage.”
Waleed Hanafi
This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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