> It's a great example of the trade-off between personal freedoms and economic security.
Umm, no this isn't a trade-off you need to make. Look at Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. In Sweden, we have complete economic security and personal freedoms. I don't know why you'd think authoritarianism is a necessary trade off for even less economic security than here.
Parent can also look at Japan, Korea and Taiwan. People who make it a western democracies vs Singapore's ideal authoritarianism conveniently forget about those three asian countries.
Umm, no this isn't a trade-off you need to make. Look at Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. In Sweden, we have complete economic security and personal freedoms. I don't know why you'd think authoritarianism is a necessary trade off for even less economic security than here.