While these might seem similar, corrupt authoritarian system and just incompetent system are very different beasts. I have done some consulting work here for go

While these might seem similar, corrupt authoritarian system and just incompetent system are very different beasts. I have done some consulting work here for government during pandemic and one of the very important reasons why things failed often was that people couldn't make difference between these. It's very important to understand whether data/experience/etc comes from just from incomplete/incompetent/etc sources or from sources who are actively trying to mislead everyone.