I know there's a lot of history - the expulsion in 1965, the mirroring of the racial mix but with extreme prejudice - but Singaporeans tended to be quite down on Malaysia.
Locals in Sg, and expats, tended to reinterpret the 'Truly Asia' as 'Truly shxx Asia', with lots of the crappiness of developing (Southeast) Asia, but without the success of Sg or the exoticism and cultural bounty of Indonesia or Vietnam/Thailand. In my experience there was certainly something in this (I saw plenty of the mainland and Sarawak), although I think Sg-ers were also blind to some of what the place was achieving.
A final thought about their car industry, though: Proton! Genuinely awful cars, throughout the generations, and worth comparing in different ways with South Korean or Chinese firms.
If you want to learn more about Malaysia, read the comics of their great cartoonist Lat, especially his autobiographical books Kampung Boy and Town Boy.
I love how Noah acts like the Great Replacement believers are the crazy ones but then publishes an article like this that confirms all their fears.
If the Bumiputera are the "POCs" of White countries then Whites are 100% correct in being worried about a growing POC population seizing power and wealth from Whites in an anti White and rent-seeking way which is what the Bumiputera have done to the Chinese.
If the Bumiputera are the Whites of White countries then Noah's being weirdly tolerant about what's basically a soft Jim Crow system.
Malaysia has a lower murder rate than Sweden...hmmm. Can *you* think of anything that might've caused Sweden's murder rate to spike within the last 10 years? I certainly can't. /s
And no, Malaysia is not a developed country. It's not poor but you can't be a developed country on the equator and have half the population living without AC. That's inhumane.
Not mentioned by Noah, Mahathir Mohamad was awfully important to Malaysia's development, one of the more remarakable Asian leaders of the past fifty years.
That was a fun read. Years ago I had to do some business in Singapore and the attitudes towards Malaysia there wasn't particularly flattering. I love reading about the safe environment as I know there has been a history of hostility between groups in the past.
Singapore is majority Chinese but has laws that treat the Malay minority as equals. Malaysia doesn't even pretend to return the favor. Of course Singaporeans don't like Malaysia.
Agree with Malaysia and crime. Moved from Malaysia to Australia and I noticed more public aggression in Australia.
Australia isn't unsafe but you have to be careful more.
I thought Malays were racially austronesians? Like not East Asian like the Chinese minority but more like the Indonesian or Philippine majority race
I know there's a lot of history - the expulsion in 1965, the mirroring of the racial mix but with extreme prejudice - but Singaporeans tended to be quite down on Malaysia.
Locals in Sg, and expats, tended to reinterpret the 'Truly Asia' as 'Truly shxx Asia', with lots of the crappiness of developing (Southeast) Asia, but without the success of Sg or the exoticism and cultural bounty of Indonesia or Vietnam/Thailand. In my experience there was certainly something in this (I saw plenty of the mainland and Sarawak), although I think Sg-ers were also blind to some of what the place was achieving.
A final thought about their car industry, though: Proton! Genuinely awful cars, throughout the generations, and worth comparing in different ways with South Korean or Chinese firms.
Having spent time in both Singapore and Maylaysia, between the two I would choose Malaysia to live.
If you want to learn more about Malaysia, read the comics of their great cartoonist Lat, especially his autobiographical books Kampung Boy and Town Boy.
I love how Noah acts like the Great Replacement believers are the crazy ones but then publishes an article like this that confirms all their fears.
If the Bumiputera are the "POCs" of White countries then Whites are 100% correct in being worried about a growing POC population seizing power and wealth from Whites in an anti White and rent-seeking way which is what the Bumiputera have done to the Chinese.
If the Bumiputera are the Whites of White countries then Noah's being weirdly tolerant about what's basically a soft Jim Crow system.
Malaysia has a lower murder rate than Sweden...hmmm. Can *you* think of anything that might've caused Sweden's murder rate to spike within the last 10 years? I certainly can't. /s
And no, Malaysia is not a developed country. It's not poor but you can't be a developed country on the equator and have half the population living without AC. That's inhumane.
Sounds like it had the feel of a Turkish Bath and the smell like to. LOL
Not mentioned by Noah, Mahathir Mohamad was awfully important to Malaysia's development, one of the more remarakable Asian leaders of the past fifty years.
That was a fun read. Years ago I had to do some business in Singapore and the attitudes towards Malaysia there wasn't particularly flattering. I love reading about the safe environment as I know there has been a history of hostility between groups in the past.
Singapore is majority Chinese but has laws that treat the Malay minority as equals. Malaysia doesn't even pretend to return the favor. Of course Singaporeans don't like Malaysia.