Quora Answer: Should Singapore Follow the Western Model of Politics?

The following is my answer to a Quora question: “Should Singapore follow the Western model of politics?”

Which Western model?  Monarchy?  Theocracy?  Feudalism?  We already follow the Westminster Parliamentary system, which is a “Western” model.  It is a system of government we inherited from the British.

If by “Western”, you mean Liberal Democracy, that is nothing more than semi-organised chaos and legalised corruption.  Personally, I believe a one man, one vote democracy is itself a very bad idea.  It implies the vote of the idiot is equivalent to the vote of the person who knows the issues.  Unfettered democracies throw up transient governments invested in short-term policies because people in large groups devolve to the lowest common denominator.  It is Singapore’s authoritarian government that has allowed us to achieve what we have achieved, not elections.