The Singapore fact is very surprising to people (LKY was good at propaganda!) Upon independence, Singapore's GDP/cap at PPP was about 15% of the US's, which is roughly what Vietnam or South Africa is today. It was only just poorer than Japan and richer than Spain at the time!
Visakan Veerasamy
Visakan Veerasamy22.7. klo 20.33
leaving out the years that he worked at AMD and LSI is a great eg of how a lionizing narrative works. it creates the impression of superhuman genius, which confers a valuable aura that has material impact on morale, negotiations, etc. Similar to “Singapore was a fishing village”
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