But still really really rich

With high standards of living

just like USA and canada etc

They had full free market with minimal taxes

they used debt to boom the country

But democratizing the workplaces still isn't communism

No, hes a socialist and hes very adamant about that

Doesn't socialism require a state?

views himself as completely split from marxists, lenninists and maoists

They are authoritharian

But I wouldnt call it socialist

Singapore I mean

all the isms are bullcrap if you go full ism

you gotta mix isms

He was very clear that he would like to have free market socialism

mixin the isms means you can take good parts , thats current system

@GingaBomber Singapore is Capitalism, free markets. I know man

mix capatlism and socailism and authortianism

You get a mess

change that to captalism socalism and just Justice

You get the Nordic model

You get democratic socialism

@Deleted User does singapore have fire engines

Thats literally just free market welfare states

@Graylan | gray00 idk man I don't live there

Singapore has a compulsoury national service

Thats what he wants, but with democratic control over the workplaces

They have great roads

And that also counts firefighters

Their trains have gone pretty bad recently though

roads are private? , my point is they have socialism in aspects

government paying for infrastructure

Government giving things isn't socialism mate

@Blackhawk342 You actually have those in the US in places.

1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

They usually don't grow very big. But can sorta work on very small scales at times.

I dont like when socialists make that argument

As long as it doesnt grow larger than a village it can work

@Blackhawk342 That's your communists' definition of Communism?

The govt providing certain services people are forced to pay for is not socialist

No thats the dictionary definition of socialism