In rereading my comment, you are right that my wording is a bit unfair. But my general feeling is that human civilization generally does make progress in ways b

In rereading my comment, you are right that my wording is a bit unfair. But my general feeling is that human civilization generally does make progress in ways beyond the economic, and most societies grow in a balance way across the spectrum, while Singapore has leapt dramatically in one way while not changing in another, and this has created (in my opinion) some contradictions within its society, not the least of which is lack of free speech. It may seem trivial on the surface that someone can't boldly criticize a government policy, but this has effects that go much deeper than the actual "problem" such a policy tries to address.