> but authoritarians plan across decades, democracies across electoral terms at best. Eh. China is really the exception there, not the norm, and it's a particu

> but authoritarians plan across decades, democracies across electoral terms at best. Eh. China is really the exception there, not the norm, and it's a particularly _weird_ authoritarian state. Your average authoritarian regime is pretty short-termist, and indeed they tend to self-destruct fairly quickly.