I'm not sure I understand your argument. Here is a picture that shows china's growth and wellbeing (life satisfaction). Managing the affairs of nearly 1.5 bill

I'm not sure I understand your argument. Here is a picture that shows china's growth and wellbeing (life satisfaction). Managing the affairs of nearly 1.5 billion people is quite an accomplishment. I like democracy, don't get me wrong -- but I think the Chinese government has demonstrated themselves to be rather benevolent, on the whole. https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2017/04/Inc-vs-Happiness-over-time.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2017/04/Inc-vs-Happiness-...