> If authoritarian government is by default this effective and easy to success, why most of them failed? Because the decision makers will inevitably make very

> If authoritarian government is by default this effective and easy to success, why most of them failed? Because the decision makers will inevitably make very large mistakes, and generally don't have the ability (or capacity) to course correct. The western system is far from efficient, but it generally lands on the right solution in the long term.