Comments by "Persona" (@ArawnOfAnnwn) on "Singapore's Filial Support Laws" video.

@Ealsante You'll also be in jail even 10 years down the line, so I'm not too worried about that. Most people already do this anyway, yet I don't see too many elderly being poisoned by their kids. For those who were shitty parents, the laws already have clauses to excuse children from having to support them. Indeed the laws don't change anything for most people, just the few who're trying to be shitty kids despite having had decent parents. Resorting to murder would just emphasize that shittiness.
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@hoangle2483 People do this already in most parts of the world, including Singapore. Even the video mentioned how they found the law to be unnecessary in most cases cos most people were already doing it. All such laws change is life for the few people who don't do it.
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@jonathanmerritt8712 How about asking the billions of people who do it globally if they feel it's abuse? And almost none of them would describe it as 'paying for the sins of your father', they'd call it 'showing gratitude to your parents'. Cos, you know, most people don't hate their parents or think of them as sinners. For those who do, these laws have exceptions. And this isn't restricted to just Asia - it's typical in Africa and Latin America and even parts of Europe (Greece, Italy, etc.) too. More generally, western attitudes, and even more specifically Anglosphere attitudes, are not some sort of global objective moral standard for all to be judged by. Especially when YOU'RE the wierd/minority ones.
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@everythingandmore5537 Like I said, money is mobile. Otherwise known as 'capital flight' i.e. when rich people just take their money elsewhere. Also note that some of those 'loopholes' are intentional - they're there to stimulate investment. So closing them hurts Singapore. As unfair as this sounds, many govts. provide ways for people to escape tax as incentives to invest the money instead - which not only grows their money but the host economy too. Singapore got rich by catering to the rich.
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@everythingandmore5537 Taxing rich people is easier said than done. They technically already pay the highest taxes, except they don't. Cos money is mobile, and can also buy ways to avoid taxes.
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People do this already in most parts of the world, including Singapore. Even the video mentioned how they found the law to be unnecessary in most cases cos most people were already doing it. All such laws change is life for the few people who don't do it.
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@gikigill788 No. The video itself mentioned the laws have clauses to excuse kids of parents who mistreated them. You think you're the only one who had the bright idea to think of that? It's already been thought of and accounted for.
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@gikigill788 Why are you determined to be disingenuous? First you're protesting taking care of people, now you're complaining about not being taken care of? You're just trying to be difficult here. As for your silly objection, Singapore does have a welfare system - it's just left as a last resort, and isn't as generous as full welfare states.
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@gikigill788 "how they plan to deal with the demographic decline and lack of children in the near future." - same way the west is hoping to, immigration. They have no shortage of applicants. Besides that, Singapore has very good public accounts and low levels of debt, so they have room to manoeuvre. They're in a far better position than, say, Italy or Spain.
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@dex6316 "the point is that if you raise them properly they will support you" - If only the world was this neat and tidy, but it isn't. It is perfectly possible, and does happen, to have shitty kids despite having been a decent parent. Not all terrible people have tragic pasts you know. And if you were a terrible parent, the law already has clauses to exempt your kids from caring for you.
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