> They would've if they took the Chinese approach to gradually improve the standard of living organically through productivity improvements and education. Well

> They would've if they took the Chinese approach to gradually improve the standard of living organically through productivity improvements and education. Well, since the topic is authoritarianism, note that the Chinese approach resulted in a few tens of millions dead, which is worse than what the Saudis have managed so far: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward