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== Which is more self-correcting: The US/West or China/Russia and other autocracies? ==

== Which is more self-correcting: The US/West or China/Russia and other autocracies? ==

1. USA/West have republic/democracy and populaces often resist fiscal responsibility and engage in excess spending and having aging populations and increasing populism/nativism (Talented immigrants and/or immigrants with proven work ethic are less likely to have legal immigration). Democracies less apt to initiate expensive wars, but once wars are started rulers often don't want to lose face to the public by withdrawing from wars they are losing.  Western liberals/Western want to spend more, but increasing can't do so due to financial restrictions have less appeal to public via "goodies".  

1. USA/West have republic/democracy and populaces often resist fiscal responsibility and engage in excess spending and having aging populations and increasing populism/nativism (Talented immigrants and/or immigrants with proven work ethic are less likely to have legal immigration). Democracies less apt to initiate expensive wars, but once wars are started rulers often don't want to lose face to the public by withdrawing from wars they are losing.  Western liberals/Western want to spend more, but increasing can't do so due to financial restrictions have less appeal to public via "goodies".