The silver lining of autocracy.

Why would a democratically elected leader plan for the long term if their sucessors, possibly from an opposition party, can claim credit for it.

In a dictatorship, they can plan for the long term, since they know they will be in power.

Also, the hyper-individualism in western countries doesn’t make “working together” as a country easier. Just look at the anti-maskers and anti-vax people lol

And also, the big population in China would never allow for a “car culture” in the firsr place, since there just isn’t room for that many cars, public transit is a must for a densely populated country.