Lee Kuan Yew's Final Challenge to Democracy and the British/American Empire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpmeckx7a9w&ab_channel=
I remember as a student
being taught constitutional law by a very distinguished professor who had been one of Churchill's cabinet secretaries and he illustrated with the example of salon how the ideal transition to democracy and self-government will take place we had their first municipal elections in 1932 for mayor of Colombo and a council for Colombo we had two universities that a thick layer of professionals and administrative offices they had large building balances so they started off with all the advantages that would ensure progress of prosperity of course he I was taught this in 1947 once a lot at just what independence and India of course had just gone into Tamil it would take up of Pakistan and India I have never believed that the moxie brings I know it to have brought regression I watch it year by year every two years when I meet my fellow members of the leaders of the Commonwealth and it need not have been done the British never governed these countries by one-man one-vote it was one British government one British resident and his word was law and we had good district officers whose word was also flowed for that district I think regardless of the present missionary zeal of the Americans of democracy and human rights which has woken up the Soviet Union it would be misguided to believe that what has worked in very special circumstances in amongst European society and what is very-- in working in Korea and Taiwan is universally valid how establish would got good government means our government that considers itself a trustee of the people whether your king sheep or whatever not somebody in temporary charge and insecure and therefore out just to settle an annuity and a nest egg for yourself which is what has happened in so many countries so if you ask me what my thoughts on a colonization are I Western political science scientists have not lived in these societies have not understood that what is required is economic progress development and the final blossoming of a large educated middle class which alone can sustain a democracy when you have 60 to 70 percent of your population educated knowing what will work and what will not work then
