It's not this or another. In autocratic systems you use whatever methods you can – you steal, you copy, you cheat, you buy, you do your own research and you inv

It's not this or another. In autocratic systems you use whatever methods you can – you steal, you copy, you cheat, you buy, you do your own research and you invent. And it's not so much about policy, but about money. Soviets for example did all of that as well, but eventually run out of money for various reasons.