Democracies are far less corrupt, more free, and provide much more opportunity and welfare. And whatever the attempt at explaining it away - theories come and

Democracies are far less corrupt, more free, and provide much more opportunity and welfare. And whatever the attempt at explaining it away - theories come and go - the fact, the correlation between high-income and democracy is undeniable. Your only counter-example is a quasi-democratic city-state. Nobody said Xi literally makes all the decisions. > the vast majority of economic decisions are made at a local level, in response to the particular conditions individual businesses are facing. Do you know how much impact central party instructions have on the day-to-day? In any case, the vast majority of economic decisions should be made by the businesses, for both economic and freedom reasons, not by party officials local or in Beijing.