efficient. safe. protected. controlled. a utopian city-state run like a multinational company. welcome to singapore incorporated. this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder shchlt ah la la la la sha la la la singapore. one could be forgiven for thinking it s a giant, ultramodern shopping mall. an interconnected, fully wired, air-conditioned nanny state, where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts. and those things are kind of true, especially if you read the papers or the carefully monitored internet. you look around the litterless streets where everything seems to work just fine, just fine. and you think, or you could be forgiven for thinking, gee, maybe a one-party system is just what we need. you look at all the social problems and ethnic strife, street crime, drugs that singapore has managed to avoid, and you could think, is this the life we want? it ain t my sy
anymore. it s gone. one of the things i admire about singaporean food culture is that people are very passionate about food. they value a fancy french or italian meal as much as they enjoy a really good chicken rice. right. they re just not willing to pay for it. exactly. you know, that s the public that we have to educate, and it doesn t make sense only because we re a first-world country. you know, how can food be so cheap? how long more is this going to last? that we pay $3 for chicken rice? it s insane. i have the solution. it s an ugly solution. it s a terrible solution, but it will probably be the only salvation. it s the hipster solution. it s hipsters will save the day. no, you re right. it takes people to stand up and say, look, i don t care whether his is $4. mine is $12. it s $12, and it s worth it. but to go and work in a
terrible solution, but it will probably be the only salvation. it s the hipster solution. the hipsters will save the day. damian: no, you re right. anthony: it takes people to stand up and say, look, i don t care whether his is $4. mine is $12. it s $12 and it s worth it. damian: but to go and work in a restaurant 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, that needs someone who s not passionate, but a little bit mad. anthony: man, you re telling me. damian: a little bit mad. anthony: cheers to that.
terrible solution, but it will probably be the only salvation. it s the hipster solution. the hipsters will save the day. damian: no, you re right. anthony: it takes people to stand up and say, look, i don t care whether his is $4. mine is $12. it s $12 and it s worth it. damian: but to go and work in a restaurant 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, that needs someone who s not passionate, but a little bit mad. anthony: man, you re telling me. damian: a little bit mad. anthony: cheers to that. i ve got to tell you something important. it s not going to be easy. quicksilver earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back
terrible solution, but it will probably be the only salvation. it s the hipster solution. the hipsters will save the day. damian: no, you re right. anthony: it takes people to stand up and say, look, i don t care whether his is $4. mine is $12. it s $12 and it s worth it. damian: but to go and work in a restaurant 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, that needs someone who s not passionate, but a little bit mad. anthony: man, you re telling me. damian: a little bit mad. anthony: cheers to that.