An autocratic country could easily spread propaganda in the democratic country, because of “free speech” rules that most democratic countries have, but a democratic country cannot easily spread its propaganda in the autocratic country.
An autocratic country can buy an election in the democratic country, but the democratic country cannot easily coup an autocratic country.
Are all democracies are doomed to fail?
Is the future of humanity, autocracy? For the rest of humanity’s existence?
I don’t know if there are any good examples of autocracies working better than democracies.
China looks good right now but it’s real estate market is about to collapse in a way that has probably not been seen before in American markets in a long time.
The corruption in these countries is almost universal as the ruling bodies have nothing checking against them and are often staffed with shoe-ins who are there to make money. much of the bureaucracy doesn’t even function without the corruption. theft and extortion are toothpicks holding the system together.
The US government is corrupt as fuck, but I don’t think Americans comprehend the nature of corruption outside of the western world. it really is another type of beast.