In the old days, a small proportion of the population are scholars . They are people who knows how to reason and use logic.
The rest of the population are good in other skills -to be farmers, craftsmen, traders, builders, etc.
The ordinary people respect the scholars for their knowledge and ability to reach the right decisions. They do not think that they are smarter than the scholars.
By scholars, I now include the experts in the special fields of medicine, law, finance, engineering, etc.
Today, we have a system where we educate most people to their level of incompetence. Many people think that they are smart, but in actuality they lack the skill of reasoning and logic.
Worse, they do not respect the experts. They think that they are smarter than the experts.
I am not saying that the system in the old days are perfect. The scholars and experts can also make mistakes and act corruptly.
But the old system where there is respect for scholars and experts is better than today, where everyone thinks that he or she is an expert.
Of the 15 ministers in Angela Merkel's third cabinet, 14 held a master's degree, 9 had PHD,
ReplyDeleteIn David Cameron's 2 cabinets, in 2010 and 2015, 69% and 50%, respectively, were Oxbridge graduates.
For society to mature, Singaporeans shouldn’t rely too much on Government to solve problems: MAS chief.
ReplyDeleteIt is not we don't want to solve it ourselves, we just can't.
Single but cannot put my mum as co-owner to my property. Her age and no income. The bank was not able to use my only income as TDSR because of MAS rule.
People are not able to add spouses' names to their property after marriage. It had to revert back to the beginning as a new sale. It is their private homes and their own money.
The exhausting decoupling for a second property, even though the family can pass the TDSR and all the fucking rules.
People had to sell their homes for various reasons to dodge the ABSD.
The speculators are still active, all because your fucking policies are not working. They now buy new form developers, rent it out for three years before selling. They found a loophole, whereas the genuine and sincere families buying to live are being penalized heavily.
The art of paperwork just to buy real homes has been frustrating, time-consuming, and indescribable. Unless you have full cash, the process is demeaning.
How you can be in MAS and stayed there for so long, only God knows, because the genuine buyers are suffering beyond words. All these are no exaggeration.