Most people don’t think of Singapore as particularly free: laws are draconian, spitting is a fineable offence, and drug smugglers are executed. But to many locals, the strict laws is exactly what makes it freedom. “Freedom is being able to walk on the streets unmolested in the wee hours in the morning. Freedom is fresh air and clean streets, because nothing is more inimical to our liberty of movement than being trapped at home because of suffocating smog.”