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Please tell me where in the world you shall live if you will not return to one of the best countries (as per most statistics) in the world?

And this guy is American. A country which invades other countries, kills civilians and holds people locked up in Guantanamo Bay. Yes, surely that is much better.

I haven't lived in Singapore but spent a bit of time there when I lived in Malaysia.

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The guy simply expressed an opinion about where he doesn't want to live. You can't force him to agree with your opinion on the subject, and you're unlikely to convince anyone with a barely coherent rant about a bunch of topics not even relevant to the original post.

Calm the fuck down.

An I expressed my opinion. I think you are the one who needs to calm down given your words.

The OP posts about his direct experience in Singapore which are his reasons for leaving. You posted reasons for not coming into the US, that would not affect OP. Is he going to Guantanamo Bay? No. Does he murder civilians? No. Is America a beautiful and exciting country? Yes. It's the government and military which is fucked. If the OP's points for leaving were political, you would make some sense.

Oh did I upset an American - poor you. I pointed out that all countries have flaws. I used the US as an example because OP is an American. Most of the blog post is about government policies so you don't make much sense.

No, I'm not an American. Why did you use extremes when OP didn't? He's talking about the product of government policies regulating citizens every day lives, the result of which is unsatisfactory for OP, not extremist situations in which political prisoners are shipped off to a torture camp or civilians in different countries are killed.

Those are both terrible things, yes, but hardly affect the day to day lives of people or their decisions, sadly.

One thing I notice when I passed through the States, is that you are constantly being bombarded with advertising, subliminal messaging, NLP. Trying to sell you something, or mold the way you think.

(The fact that a large proportion of Americans seem to think they have a "right" to bear arms shows that more than just the government and military that are fucked.)

What's wrong with the right to bear arms?

Dead people that is what is wrong with it.

Is that your only gripe? In Norway civilians outgun the government 16:1. It's a lot more complicated than simple possession.

is dead people my only gripe? Surely you cannot be serious.

Guns in Norway are for hunting and require a license. And far less people own a gun there compared to the US.

I don't think completely abolishing civilians guns is the right answer. However, they should be VERY tightly regulated, and open carry should be abolished for sure. I'm okay with having a low caliber rifle in your house, locked away for intrusion/intimidation purposes in case of robbery.

Right now it's pretty crazy though. My American uncle has so many fucking guns that could blow holes in your chest, and I think that's wrong.

> is dead people my only gripe? Surely you cannot be serious.

Drop your attitude. If you have a point, make it. Nobody here is a mind reader.

Yes, because numbers can measure everything. Congrats on completely missing his point.

A big part of the blog post is about numbers. Congrats on completely missing his point.

Yes, that Singapore's singular focus on a small number of quantitative outcomes has led to a society lacking a rich culture (i.e. qualitative appeal).

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