Working hard is good, but not when your country is corrupt and has no morals and you also have no morals. That's when sigma-grind is bullshit.
The founding father of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, wrote a book "Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going" - summary: be grateful, work hard, cane the shit out of assholes, be good to your family.
I've listened to him, and he went wrong with the whole "female equality" bullshit, but otherwise I agree.
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Lee Kuan Yew said he would be "uncomfortable if a Jew or a non-Chinese married into his family."
He was also critical of the influence of American Jewish lobbies:
Good for him. He showed you can work hard without being an immoral Jew.
