He is the first to say it on a completely open and public platform without hiding his identity , without using PC , selfcensoring language . It was raw and unfiltered , it was what many Singaporeans feel about this country and it ' s government but dare not express openly for fear of being persecuted . Our academics are a joke . Most of them are LKY apologists , the few that aren ' t are too scared to come out and say it . At the end of the day , they failed where a 17 year old drop out succeeded . Who the fuck reads academic papers anyways ? It ' s easy to critisize LKY when you know it won ' t make the light of day and your identity is safe . Why don ' t they go on Youtube and saying it ? All those kopitiam uncles ? No balls ? Talk big but when it ' s time to back it up , they leave it to a 17 year old boy , LOL .