the country s public housing policy provides an astonishing 80% of singapore s 5.6 million people with affordable homes, with 90% of the population owning their own home. donald: singaporeans would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood that they would describe as a slum. they would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood where they say of the people here are living relatively deprived conditions, with poor schooling, and poor amenities. and most of singapore feels, i mean even though economic inequality is high, income inequality is high, you don t see it in the public housing estates. it s a picture of general equality. anthony: by ensuring its citizens are safe, housed, healthy and for the most part economically successful, the singaporean government has been effective at keeping the masses placated enough, willing to accept curbs on their freedom and civil liberties.
the country s public housing policy provides an astonishing 80% of singapore s 5.6 million people with affordable homes, with 90% of the population owning their own home. donald: singaporeans would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood that they would describe as a slum. they would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood where they say of the people here are living relatively deprived conditions, with poor schooling, and poor amenities. and most of singapore feels, i mean even though economic inequality is high, income inequality is high, you don t see it in the public housing estates. it s a picture of general equality. anthony: by ensuring its citizens are safe, housed, healthy and for the most part economically successful, the singaporean government has been effective at keeping the masses placated enough, willing to
wealthy developed world, there is universal healthcare and little to no homelessness in singapore. the country s public housing policy provides an astonishing 80% of singapore s 5.6 million people with affordable homes, with 90% of the population owning their own home. donald: singaporeans would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood that they would describe as a slum. they would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood where they say of the people here are living relatively deprived conditions, with poor schooling, and poor amenities. and most of singapore feels, i mean even though economic inequality is high, income inequality is high, you don t see it in the public housing estates. it s a picture of general equality. anthony: by ensuring its citizens are safe, housed, healthy and for the most part economically successful, the singaporean government has been effective at keeping the masses placated enough, willing to accept curbs on their freedom and civil liberties.
them to live in these more or less uniform housing estates. but that form of social engineering also has certain benefits. anthony: unlike most of the wealthy developed world, there is universal healthcare and little to no homelessness in singapore. the country s public housing policy provides an astonishing 80% of singapore s 5.6 million people with affordable homes, with 90% of the population owning their own home. donald: singaporeans would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood that they would describe as a slum. they would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood where they say of the people here are living relatively deprived conditions, with poor schooling, and poor amenities. and most of singapore feels, i mean even though economic inequality is high, income inequality is high, you don t see it in the public housing estates. it s a picture of general equality. anthony: by ensuring its
80% of singapore s 5.6 million people with affordable homes, with 90% of the population owning their own home. donald: singaporeans would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood that they would describe as a slum. they would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood where they say of the people here are living relatively deprived conditions, with poor schooling, and poor amenities. and most of singapore feels, i mean even though economic inequality is high, income inequality is high, you don t see it in the public housing estates. it s a picture of general equality. anthony: by ensuring its citizens are safe, housed, healthy and for the most part economically successful, the singaporean government has been effective at keeping the masses placated enough, willing to 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.