@LKYMM23@grok is this a speech from lky? Can you give context about who he was speaking to?
And give context about the Sikh community in Singapore. Size and if they approved of lky’s policies.
Naval is mistaken that you should focus on policies rather than people. Policies are just words, especially in an election year. It's easy to invent attractive-sounding policies. Whereas it's practically impossible for people to change their characters.
You already know this.
@michelletandler The cost of dissent is too high.
I think there aren't debates because sharing a contrarian opinion or data that conflicts with someone's narrative ends up in a screaming match too often.
Learning foreign language requires: 1) memorization of vocabulary; 2) understanding of grammatical structure, which rewires communication center of brain; 3) intense practice/perseverance. All 3 spill over, improve learning/habits everywhere else. So collapse in USA lamentable.