The world is a complicate place. We prefer that people have basic freedoms, but that's not always going to be the case.
Singapore is an 'autocracy' and so was Korea up until recently. So is Kuwait.
We want 'order' first, which can enable a bit of prosperity, and then the slow grind to basic freedoms, it's generally the only path. Almost all revolutions end up with fairly bad tyrannies.
Singapore is much better managed that India or Russia, which are both nominal democracies.
The world is a complicate place. We prefer that people have basic freedoms, but that's not always going to be the case.
Singapore is an 'autocracy' and so was Korea up until recently. So is Kuwait.
We want 'order' first, which can enable a bit of prosperity, and then the slow grind to basic freedoms, it's generally the only path. Almost all revolutions end up with fairly bad tyrannies.
Singapore is much better managed that India or Russia, which are both nominal democracies.