In an interview the late Statesman, Lee Kuan Yew, when asked about Singapore embracing fully the rights of the alternative society remarked that Singapore is a conservative society and that in due time in the future change will occur and people will likely support it. And he further stated that you cannot force people to change a religious core tenet overnight. He stated that conservative society needs to evolved at its own pace.

The lesson here is simply the progressives are forcing too much of their agenda, too quickly and are not inclusive of the conservative core of the society they live in.

Most populists have different degrees of conservative views in their core. These needs require respect that progressives have ignored and run roughshod over.