All other things being equal, a government that limits freedom of speech, freedom of speech, and is secretive will compare favorable to a government that does n

All other things being equal, a government that limits freedom of speech, freedom of speech, and is secretive will compare favorable to a government that does not try to hide its problems. We don’t have enough information to compare the authoritarian system with the liberal democracy. In an uptrend comment you said: > when the current philosopher kings are doing so well, only a minority of people on the margins of society really want to rock the boat. There are interesting trade offs along of the spectrum of individualism and collectivism. It’s hard to talk about whether or not China has gotten that trade off right when information about the “margins of society” is suppressed.