Blah, blah, blah. Representative government is overrated, democracy is too chaotic, autocracy is the new black, etc., etc., etc.
Mussolini said it all a century ago, with a lot more flair.
Except that both of the author’s pin-up girls, Russia and China, depend on the cash they make from selling to the American/European/Japanese markets. In Russia’s case, they only have one thing to sell, the carcasses of animals that died 65 million years ago.
If autocracies are so great, then why aren’t all these countries beating down the door to sell to the red-hot Zimbabwe and Cuba markets?
Not impressed.
I’d like to assume you read the article but that doesn’t appear to be the case...