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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by foverzar on Thursday April 06, 2023 @01:02PM (#35471245)
Have you? Honestly, pompous "democracies" aren't fundamentally different to the rest of the world, when you start actually experiencing the day to day living.

There are lots of "dictatorships" where living is better then in lots of other "democracies", but this is not something you'll figure out from your internet feed, you really have to actually travel.

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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by Herval_freire on Thursday April 06, 2023 @07:27PM (#35475943)
Exactly. The answer is not so clear cut black and white. Centralized governments tend to be more efficient but lack the checks and balances of a democracy. Singapore, for example, is a good showcase for centralized government.
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