Is it only western democracies that you think have been centralizing power? What about countries like China, Iran and Russia? Western democracies historically

Is it only western democracies that you think have been centralizing power? What about countries like China, Iran and Russia? Western democracies historically have been party to increasing the power of private companies through government protection from competition (corporate welfare). The first example that popped in my head was the provision of prison labor for U.S. Steel through convict leasing. There are numerous examples though, link below from Mises (admittedly a source with a conservative bias, but theres still good info there). https://mises.org/wire/government-created-monopolies-are-everywhere https://mises.org/wire/government-created-monopolies-are-eve... It would seem to me that governments provide preferential treatment to private companies when it is beneficial for the government and they provide roadblocks and difficulties to companies who would be detrimental to the government. This is of course a generalization and not a hard-and-fast rule that explains every instance of government behavior when viewed in respect to a private company.