Again, most of you here simply cannot understand politics and governance because you lack historical consciousness. First, you cannot wrap Singapore in the same colonial context as nations like India, Kenya, or Nigeria. Colonialism is fundamentally about invading and conquering a territory to extract natural resources and exploit cheap labor. For this reason, Singapore does not even qualify as a traditional extractive colony. It had virtually no natural resources, no agricultural hinterland, and no minerals to begin with. It was merely a mosquito-infested island with a negligible population. No imperial power was going to waste scarce capital building extractive logistics there because there was absolutely nothing to extract. Singapore only became useful because the British Empire needed a strategic chokepoint to counter Dutch dominance over the spice trade and the Indonesian shipping routes. Because of this, unlike in India or Nigeria where the British built logistical networks solely to funnel looted resources from the interior to the periphery, Singapore actually received real, functional infrastructure. The British built massive warehouses to stockpile coal and station military fleets for their imperial campaigns in the region. To effectively counter the Dutch, they constructed world-class deep-water wharves, mechanized cranes, and extensive dry docks to service global shipping. Furthermore, Singapore was heavily fortified because Hong Kong was deemed too vulnerable and too close to the expanding Japanese Empire. Consequently, the British poured their imperial naval defense investments into Singapore instead. You simply cannot compare the brutal British subjugation and extraction of Indians, Nigerians, and Kenyans to the strategic militarization of Singapore. Secondly, even after the British Empire dissolved and passed the imperial torch to Washington, Singapore's strategic usefulness in the Pacific continued to play a critical role in its economic development. During the height of the Vietnam War, Singapore served as a massive logistical staging ground for the American massacre of millions of Vietnamese. American oil majors literally built world-class refineries in Singapore specifically to process the aviation fuel needed for US warplanes dropping bombs on innocent Vietnamese villages. It was to Singapore that wounded US troops were flown for medical treatment. Singapore opened its doors so wide to the American war machine that, even after America lost the Vietnam War, US tech companies and defense contractors rewarded them by establishing manufacturing hubs and technology transfers in the country, which further accelerated their economic boom. Today, Singapore has shifted its geopolitical posturing. It has transitioned from being a direct military outpost for Western empires into a premier money-laundering haven for corrupt global conglomerates. In fact, it is so deeply entrenched in corporate tax evasion and illicit financial flows that it is widely dubbed the "Switzerland of Asia." Singapore is exactly where you go to set up an offshore shell company to evade paying taxes in your home country. The state shields that stolen wealth from global regulators while happily taking its percentage. I understand Singapore's true history, which is why no one can ever gaslight me into believing they attained their current level of development through sheer hard work and meritocracy alone.