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While I disagree with where you arrive I applaud your question. Looking at China I think would be misguided, the idea that China is unified by any measure is a great misunderstanding of what is actually going on there. It seems like we keep wanting to point to Venezuela as a great place for order and seem to overlook that it is an incredibly dangerous and corrupt place. If you talk to any Cuban I think you'll be hard-pressed to find someone who believes the country is being run affectively. In many ways you confuse ease with effectiveness. Yes, it is easier to run a country with a somewhat authoritarian hand, but this is never sustainable. Go back into China's history, Deng Xiapoing is an example of this. Look at Egypt's recent history these types of authoritarian regimes do not work. If we're looking at why our democracy is not as robust as it could be, I think that speaks directly to the fact we do not have a very thoughtful citizenry. That's why democracy in America is not working very well.