There's another bigger weakness for authoritarian governments: it limits innovation. I'm not saying that innovation is impossible in an authoritarian environmen

There's another bigger weakness for authoritarian governments: it limits innovation. I'm not saying that innovation is impossible in an authoritarian environment. I'm just saying it's much harder to achieve in one. Limits over which ideas everyone is able to share has a cost. Worrying about whether an idea will get you fined, jailed, or worse drains your creativity. The better the government is able to implement censorship, the worse the situation gets.