Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Which do you think is predominantly used in Singapore? What do you think

In Singapore, extrinsic motivation is used largely. This is shown by the common joke that Singapore is a “fine” city, the “fine” not only saying that Singapore is a great country to visit, but also to show that almost all crimes results in monetary punishments.
Although extrinsic motivation is predominant in Singapore as compared to intrinsic motivation, I feel that there has been more positive impacts on the Singapore society than negative ones.
The negative impacts on Singaporeans is that people avoid committing petty crimes such as littering and vandalising only when there are members of the law present, or when there are surveillance cameras around as in the case of speeding of vehicles on roads. People do not regard littering as an act morally wrong, but regard it as something common, that everyone does, such that even when the Singapore government began using intrinsic motivations such as using posters and banners to urge people not to litter, there has been little effects. Vandalism too, has taken roots as habits among the younger generations of Singapore. In schools, the tables are often vandalised, not by accidental scratch marks, but by pencil and ink markings of mathematical formulas and various nonsensical messages. This shows the lack of awareness of moral wrongness in Singapore due to over use of extrinsic motivations.
Despite the negative impacts as listed above, Singapore has managed to ensure a certain degree of success in ensuring the cleanliness of its environment and the safety of the roads. For example, up until now, Singapore still enjoys the reputation of being a “green city”, and still a wonderful place to visit and regarded as one of the cleanest cities in the world. The streets of Singapore are also relatively safe and traffic accident rates are kept low as a result of the punishments of speeding such as summons and demerit points system which could eventually results in the suspension of driving licenses.
In Singapore, the people are also still regarded as kind and generous as shown during the many charity shows in the past few years. Each show generated millions of dollars, and such compassion extends even to foreign countries. In the Szechuan earthquake crisis, Singapore donated more than 8.5 million US dollars in private donations only. This shows that Singaporeans are still largely motivated by selfless desires despite the predominance of extrinsic motivations in Singapore.
Hence, the positive impacts of the predominance of extrinsic motivations surpass the negative impacts of the extrinsic motivations in Singapore.

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