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Ah but you see the problem with West is that it fears and mistrusts any type of government interference but okay with covert surveillance (because im not a terrorist).

The truth is Asian merit based dictatorship has transformed farm lands to economic giants within a generation, stable, peaceful society. Singapore wouldn't be where it is without government intervention. South Korea would've never been able to create Samsung without military rule. Japan certainly would not have survived a full open democracy. Taiwan wouldn't have lived to see TSMC without Chiang Kai Shek.

But China's model is not based on merit but on lineage. This is why that society will never be stable, peaceful like its neighbours. It's actually a lot worse than Western democracy and should serve as a warning to those that wish to experiment with benevolent dictatorship without merit.



fwiw i'm not ok with either overt government interference or covert warrantless surveillance


1) escape The Five Guys country via acquiring citizenship in a non-Five Guys country with a small government. I don't know which ones out there hasn't signed a treaty with Five Guys besides China & Russia (not very popular)

2) escape countries with overt government interference wary of western liberal progressivism/multiculturalism

very little places to go in this world, pros & cons


> escape The Five Guys country [...] a non-Five Guys country

I suspect you are referring to something else here.

Five Guys: https://www.fiveguys.com/

Five Eyes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes




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