Even assuming that's the kind of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman wants, it will take generations to lift the people off the oil teat and into a productive west

Even assuming that's the kind of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman wants, it will take generations to lift the people off the oil teat and into a productive western, capitalist economy. It might just barely be starting to pay off near the end of his lifetime, and that's being pretty optimistic IMO. He isn't just fighting the economy either, but the cultural and religious attitudes of the people.