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Is Ultranationalism All Bad?
What is the line between patriotism and ultranationalism?
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Singapore
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Geography 719.1 Km2 (Calgary is 825.29 Km2)
Population: 5.5 million (Calgary is 1.2 million)
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Multi-Ethnic Nation 74% Chinese 13% Malay 10% Indian* 3% Other**
*East Indian **Usually of Caucasian decent
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And we all get along… multi-cultural day celebrated annually
public schools and housing reflect national ethnic ratios 4 official languages
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Nationalism Students sing the national anthem and recite the pledge up to grade 10/11 every morning Compulsory national service (conscription) for all boys at the age of 18 for 2 years. Recalled for training every couple years after that. Every Secondary school had uniform clubs that resembled police or military training Same party has been in rule since independence
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Does Ultranationalism Work?
6th overall best healthcare system Ranked 11th in world on the HDI Does Ultranationalism Work? 3rd in GDP per capita unemployment rate never above 4%, rose to 3% in 2009, fell to 1.8% by 2015 6 universities, 2 consider top 20 in the world
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