Thank you TS for this interesting thread. As an uneducated local guy, I'm just sharing my thoughts & I'm in no position to offend anyone who read my posting.
I have to agree that our founding father did a good job of forming PAP (People's Action Party) during the early days of Singapura. Everything the party did were for better live for the people. During then, the people unite & rally behind the party, giving them all the support so we can be who we are now, Singaporeans. Sadly, things have changed over the years. I see Singapore as a very special country. We are known as a "Republic" yet the past & current leaders (PMs, not the Presidents) are not voted by the people but handed over, so this made us look more like a "Communist" country. I'm sure more than 50% of Singaporeans want to see changes in the country as we wanted when we were known as Singapura. I'm not saying "to overthrow" but make things better for the people. Maybe it is due to the fast pace Singapore is going, it has unknowingly given the government too much power & the interest of the people are slowly forgotten.
Any political parties represents the people of the nation. Without the people, they can't change or do anything. So as to say, it will have to start with us, from the bear basic from the bottom. "Unity" have to start from us but I don't see it coming anytime soon. War of words in this thread has shown the one important weakness we have, that's "(dis)unity".