Lee Kuan Yew is dead.
He died this morning,
and already people on Facebook have begun
to post news articles about it,
or change their profile pictures to a weird darkened image of him,
or write furious posts about those who are actually happy he died.
Since I have very little respect for him and the rest of the Lees,
I will keep this short.
He does not deserve a good article.
He was a despicable, conniving human being.
Intelligent, no doubt.
But also extremely racist and cruel,
and the policies he implemented reflected this.
I already expect the Chinese equivalents of privileged Whites in the US
to become furious at whoever does not mourn his passing.
Hell, I've already seen one post on Facebook.
More will undoubtedly come.
Some will claim that without him,
Singapore would have never prospered.
Well, we'll never know now, will we?
What we do know,
is that not only did he implement racist policies,
which will likely continue to remain in place for many years to come.
What we do know,
is that he imprisoned and tortured many political prisoners.
What we do know,
is that under his regime (it doesn't matter who the Prime Ministers were at the time),
many, many people have been hanged.
And having gone through the court system myself,
I can attest to how deeply flawed it is.
I have little doubt many innocent people have been executed.
What we do know,
is that he greatly enriched himself and his family and cronies.
Not a single major institution in Singapore is free from the tentacles
of the Lee family.
The damage is done.
Any major changes will only be the result of a great upheaval,
and the suffering of many ordinary citizens.
Am I happy that he's dead?
No. A human life is gone.
But am I sad?
NOPE.
Well enough of that.
