tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242799495369131861.post6496691555183472739..comments2009-09-01T06:56:34.735+08:00Ravi Philemonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419680141901962456noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242799495369131861.post-54861176872620573862009-09-01T05:41:19.810+08:002009-09-01T05:41:19.810+08:00It is not true that the govt is simply pragmatic and has no ideology. The PAP ideologies are meritocracy, multiracialism, and Asian values or communitarianism.<br /><br />The problem is not the lack of ideology but what the ideologies are. The PAP has stuck to its ideologies that is why &quot;welfare is a dirty word&quot; and they want you to be grateful and obey your leaders which are what is known to them as Asian values. <br /><br />There is also ideological economic beliefs in the free market and deregulation.LuckySingaporeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966909243143681126noreply@blogger.com