do you think that the singaporean success story is a rebuke to american and western values in some respect? donald: no, no. anthony: i mean, is free speech overrated? donald: i don t think we succeeded because the absence of free speech. anthony: it s a fact, though. donald: the values of free trade, the values of a liberal global order, these are western ideas. i mean, singapore did not invent them. the asian did not. anthony: i mean, look, it shouldn t work. it hasn t really worked like this anywhere else. and yet, it works. donald: i think my objection or my discomfort with the lack of democratic freedoms is that i think we cannot allow a lot more without hurting singapore s prosperity, it s stability, one ounce. what will we lose if we had a free uprise? what would we lose if we had more democratic opposition
do you think that the singaporean success story is a rebuke to american and western values in some respect? donald: no, no. anthony: i mean, is free speech overrated? donald: i don t think we succeeded because the absence of free speech. anthony: it s a fact, though. donald: the values of free trade, the values of a liberal global order, these are western ideas. i mean, singapore did not invent them. the asian did not. anthony: i mean, look, it shouldn t work. it hasn t really worked like this anywhere else. and yet, it works. donald: i think my objection or my discomfort with the lack of democratic freedoms is that i think we cannot allow a lot more without hurting singapore s prosperity, it s stability, one ounce. what will we lose if we had a free uprise? what would we lose if we had more democratic opposition representation? it would make for not only a livelier debate, it would make for a better debate.
accept curbs on their freedom and civil liberties. do you think that the singaporean success story is a rebuke to american and western values in some respect? donald: no, no. anthony: i mean, is free speech overrated? donald: i don t think we succeeded because the absence of free speech. anthony: it s a fact, though. donald: the values of free trade, the values of a liberal global order, these are western ideas. i mean, singapore did not invent them. the asian did not. anthony: i mean, look, it shouldn t work. it hasn t really worked like this anywhere else. and yet, it works. donald: i think my objection or my discomfort with the lack of democratic freedoms is that i think we cannot allow a lot more without hurting singapore s prosperity, its stability, one ounce. what will we lose if we had a free uprise? what would we lose if we had more democratic opposition representation? it would make
do you think that the singaporean success story is a rebuke to american and western values in some respect? donald: no, no. anthony: i mean, is free speech overrated? donald: i don t think we succeeded because the absence of free speech. anthony: it s a fact, though. donald: the values of free trade, the values of a liberal global order, these are western ideas. i mean, singapore did not invent them. the asian did not. anthony: i mean, look, it shouldn t work. it hasn t really worked like this anywhere else. and yet, it works. donald: i think my objection or my discomfort with the lack of democratic freedoms is that i think we cannot allow a lot more without hurting singapore s prosperity, it s stability, one ounce. what will we lose if we had a free uprise? what would we lose if we had more democratic opposition representation? it would make for not only a livelier debate,
prosperity, its stability, one ounce. what will we lose if we had a free uprise? what would we lose if we had more democratic opposition representation? it would make for not only a livelier debate, it would make for a better debate. we may well arrive at the conclusion that the current dispensation of the current order represents the best possible society for singapore. but let s have that debate. anthony: i mean, it s a horrifying thought, what if? donald: it s possible that the human mind, that the average citizen, cannot deal with that much diversity, that we need these curbs or restrictions on our freedom. anthony: what if free speech is like bad? donald: it s like a drug, right? it s too much of a good thing. i don t want to sound paranoid, but d ya think our recent online sales success seems a little. strange? na. ever since we switched to fedex ground business has been great. they re affordable and fast. maybe too affordable and fast. what if. people aren t buying