“Lee Kuan Yew Review, Part Four: The Pathway to Power”, 2019-08-06 ():
So far, my review has mostly left out one massive elephant in the room. Lee Kuan Yew was Prime Minister of 1959 → 1990.
When he stepped down from office, he went straight into a close advisory role, sticking around the government in some official capacity until 2011.
How was he in power so long? What was his approach to opposition and to political disagreements, beyond lawsuits? Where did he fall on the scale of democratically elected leader to dictator?
As with every other topic, LKY is pretty candid about this all. The best place to start, though, is likely not with the overt political battles. Instead, I’ll focus where he focused early: the unions.