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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. >> damian: yeah, this no longer exists, tony. it's gone. >> anthony: one of the things i adm...

>> melanie: yes, i think so. >> tanya: yes. you know why, i think that's because of maids. >> anthony: what are maids? >> tanya: maids, as in helpers. >> sudhir: helpers. >> tanya: i think you'll find that actually, if you look at singapore, a lot of woman are in the workforce. and the reason why that is so is because everyone's got a maid looking after their child at home. so maids are kind of like the opiate of the masses. >> anthony: wait, opiate keeps you slothful and laying on the couch. >> tanya: exactly! >> anthony: but if you have a maid, you're saying it frees you up to join the workf...

>> anthony: 20 more hawker centers. >> goh: in which i say, "where the hell are the hawkers coming from?" >> 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...

Financial policies. >> donald: you know, this place is almost contrary to the founders' original expectations. this place was this multiethnic meritocratic idea, this pragmatic understanding that free trade is good for everyone. this is place is, after 50 years, is deeply imprinted in singapore. it's remarkable how open and welcoming of diversity singapore still is. >> anthony: we are now living in times where globalism and globalization are bad words. we are seeing a rise of -- >> donald: yeah, i know, populism. >> anthony: -- of populism, of nationalism. >> donald: which is why, you know, i'...

Excuse me... good choice. well, changing can do a little good... dude abides. ♪ ♪ >> cab driver: singapore is a multinational society. we got chinese, malay, indian, and other races in singapore. >> anthony: it seems to work. >> cabby: yeah, it works. it works, yeah. ♪