Comments by "John Walsh" (@johnwalsh4857) on "Three Countries That Should've been Rich" video.

  1. also in LKY malaysia, the Chinese population grew a lot taking in Indonesian chinese running away from the pogroms in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia also took in a lot of Christian indonesian refugees. Indonesia in this timeline is a sort of Islamic semi shariah military controlled state which is increasingly being armed with Chinese weapons.
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  2. An alternate LKY pres. Malaysia would be the richest country in the ASEAN, and with a much higher land population and resource to play with, it would become the most economically dominant country not only in the ASEAN and perhaps in Asia rivalling that of Japan, south Korea and China. Military wise, it would become the most military powerful country in the ASEAN rivalled that by Indonesia where it has a off an on tense relationship with. The main powerhouse cities of Malaysia would be Kuala Lumpur(the political capital), Singapore(the economic capital, which would be larger in this timeline incorporating the city of Johor) and Penang(the 2nd economic capital). In this Malaysia , while the Malays are the most numerous in population , the Chinese population is large enough to be a rival minority in terms of demographics, also the Indian population is also larger. which the CHinese also use to offset the local Malay population(along with Chinese immigration). Together , the Malaysian Chinese and Indian populations outnumber that of teh local Malays. The Malaysia military is also much more powerful than OTL, one of the strongest and most advanced militaries in Asia. and a strong US ally. Also due to tensions with islamic terrorism and with Indonesia, there is military conscription is all male adult Chinese and Indians.
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  3. Philippines in a timeline where Malaysia is ruled by LKY would be tne 2nd richest country in the ASEAN and close ally of Malaysia. much more stable and more prosperous. and still have US bases on it, Malaysia would also have US bases. moros would be mostly under control and Zamboanga and Jolo would be one of the richest parts of the PH as economic hubs to Malaysia. However Indonesia would be more unstable and more hostile to Malaysia being like the Pakistan of the ASEAN. Indonesia is still pissed off at Malaysia for kicking it out of Borneo. and Timor. Also Indonesia in this timeline is a bit more unstable and has a larger military with a confrontational stance vs. Malaysia and Australia. and known as a hub for Islamic terrorism in the ASEAN. SEATO exists in this timeline with USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia , Philippines, Brunei being members. aimed vs. China, Indonesia and Myanmar. Malaysia has complicated relations with China , China is one of Malaysias top trading partners and also lots of Chinese immigration into Malaysia but it has tense political relations with China. and pissed off at China with China's close support of Indonesia. Indonesia having kicked out most of the Chinese minority in a series of bloody pogroms and nationalized Indo CHinese business interests and having virtulent anti Chinese rhetoric, has close relations with China.
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  4.  @worlds3061  Actually I dont hate Indonesia and I like Suharto . but with a LKY Malaysia conquering all of Borneo well Indonesia could become very hostile to Malaysia.
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  5. LKY Malaysia has close relations with Israel, USA & the Philippines, has its own significant arms industry. Also makes it own brand of cars. The Proton in this timeline is a major car brand exported around the world.
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  6.  @worlds3061  hey this is alternate history. With a more radical Indonesia and the Chinese wanting to weaken the Malaysians, well...they would collude togehter stranger things have happened in history like hitler and stalin being temporary bed buddies.
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