Yeah, it's difference between efficient vs robust. Totalitarism might be more efficient short term but long term it will be set back much more. It just places t

Yeah, it's difference between efficient vs robust. Totalitarism might be more efficient short term but long term it will be set back much more. It just places too much responsibility/power on too few. You might get lucky or might not. Problem with democracy is that it's susceptible to neocolonialism(bribery, power and economic diff, dissinformation, non-competive local market), that's why I guess all Asian economic miracles happened with good faith authoritarian government and with good geopolitical location that allowed them to close market without wars. This would suggest that having big country nearby powerful neighbours is not a good place to be, which brings India to my mind. Wonder how it will turn out. On the other hand Canada and Mexico are doing quite fine. I expect big changes on governance when most of the world catches up od when we get fusion.