How come it ends up like this?

Tomorrow is Cooling Day, one day before polling day in Singapore. No party rallies and campaigns are allowed on this day. I am not sure whether other countries have a mandatory order for people to cool down. That is the nature of our government, it enforces our emotional behaviour as well.

I was awakened by my cat's unusual agitation and aggressive meowing which is far from normal. Well none of us know what exactly she was uptight about since she ignored the food bowl after it was filled. Perhaps she has absorbed some energies from our household or perhaps some collective energies as well. So cooling off is good for her too and for me.

One guy said "Darkness descend on Friday even at nighttime whatever the results"

This is the same view shared by 2 academicians. It does not matter how many seats the PAP will garner. It will be lost trust, lost confidence, lost unity all round.

If the incumbent loses big relative to their target, they will be more insecure and will resort to more defensiveness, more gutter political tactics and less openness to alternative views.

What if the incumbent wins big time. First they will take it as acceptance of their flying solo and hardball political tactics and will continue to do so.

Then there will still be a minority who will be extremely unhappy deepening their disrespect and mistrust of the ruling party. This discontent extends even to those who have no choice but to reluctantly vote for the incumbent for want of a credible opposition in their constituency. Even the PM has admitted that an intensely unhappy minority divides the country. Strangely however he does not really bother to find out why they are so angry and really do something about it.

Voters who succumbed to the blackmail that the incumbent will comprehensively roll out measures to safeguard jobs and manage the crisis only with a strong mandate, will also resent being forced to do so much like paying ransom money for kidnapped victims. A divided society is not what we need at this juncture.

As the 2 academicians put it: "In a highly unpredictable world, decisions must tap on a much wider diversity of ideas than even before". They opined that people might however be turned off by the government's arrogance and self grandiosing ways and refrain from giving input even if sought.

So unless there is more self awareness and more magnanimity by the incumbent party "Darkness Descends on polling day" is the sure outcome.

How did it ends up like this???