An example of this in government is government of Singapore. Singapore has been a very successful nation-state and claim to be democracy with a strong tradition of mercantilism and a powerful economy. This seems to be true when we look at the situation at a large-scale level. When we examine the details, however, we can see that in fact, only one political party has ever held power in the Singapore Parliament. That party was elected, it is true, but to what extent were the processes that led to its election fair and transparent (such as the role of the media, fairness of elections, and the use of policy and personal power to suppress dissent)? It seems that at a personal level, Singaporean believe their country is a democracy, but at the higher level, it has many characteristics of a dictatorship. This has happened because what Singaporean believe is different from what has really happened, and they have therefore allowed the process that creates a dictatorial-style government to happen. The opposite should also be true – if they want to change the style of government, they will have to change themselves and their thinking on order to change the system of governance.