In this today-relevant speech, Lee Kuan Yew argues that the American freedom of the press model is inappropriate for multi-racial countries without a monoculture, like Singapore. He says the US (in 1988) has a monoculture and its system works for it, not Singapore.https://twitter.com/lifeatjavajoes/status/1271822415912243206 …
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He takes issue with the American press' interference in Singaporean affairs. To accusations of censorship from outside Singapore, he notes that the US, seeing the power of the press to cause chaos, has similar rules in place.pic.twitter.com/GSsSp5GUSM
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Social media has thrown a wrench into the analysis of LKY. Further, I'd argue that the United States increasingly no longer has a monoculture (maybe to outsiders, it still does?). By LKY's logic, in order to create a homogenous society once again (which he implies is necessary)
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we will need to place some restrictions on the press. That's the implication. With social media that's moot, but even if social media didn't exist, I'm not so sure. We shall see!
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