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Soon thereafter, singapore grew, quickly becoming a economic hub and regional capital for the british empire's new colony on the malayan peninsula. after world war ii, singapore clamored for independence, first becoming part of the malaysian federation, then a fully independent state in 1965. helmed by its first prime minister, lee kwan yeu, tiny singapore famously went from a third world outpost to a first world nation in a single generation. >> cab driver: in singapore, rules and regulations in singapore is very strict. we have to follow them. like, i am taxi, i can't break any laws. >> anth...

80% of singapore's 5.6 million people with affordable homes, with 90% of the population owning their own home. >> donald: singaporeans would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood that they would describe as a slum. they would be hard-pressed to name a neighborhood where they say of the people here are living relatively deprived conditions, with poor schooling, and poor amenities. and most of singapore feels, i mean even though economic inequality is high, income inequality is high, you don't see it in the public housing estates. it's a picture of general equality. >> anthony: by ensuring its ...

>> anthony: well, that's a good question. where are they going to come from? >> goh: there's a lot of insinuations of an answer, but no true answer. >> anthony: the answer is not from singapore, right? they're going to have to come in from china. >> goh: for the 15,000, or 20,000 food stalls like this we have in singapore, if it's public run like this one, you can't hire foreigners. it's meant for singaporeans. >> anthony: but isn't the beginning of all of this was people from china, india. >> goh: that's what i keep saying, our food came from the rest of the world. yeah, we had nothing. and i...

Because they get more money. >> anthony: okay. >> damian: okay? >> anthony: i think it's a tactical mistake, because i just flew halfway around the world to singapore, and i sure as shit am not eating french food when i am here. >> damian: no, you're right. you shouldn't. >> anthony: and you know what? i'm not going to eat japanese food. >> damian: so you talk about peranakan cuisine, right? are there people who cook it today? i can tell you out of 100 peranakans, maybe 1. >> anthony: whoa. >> damian: maybe one. >> anthony: so you're saying that basically, you're talking about the dinosaurs. >...

>> anthony: i mean, is free speech overrated? >> donald: i don't think we succeeded because the absence of free speech. >> anthony: it's a fact, though. >> donald: the values of free trade, the values of a liberal global order, these are western ideas. i mean, singapore did not invent them. the asian did not. >> anthony: i mean, look, it shouldn't work. it hasn't really worked like this anywhere else. and yet, it works. >> donald: i think my objection or my discomfort with the lack of democratic freedoms is that i thinwe cant without hurting singapore's prosperity, it's stability, one ounce. w...