Is this something that democracies, especially immature ones with fragile institutions of the rule of law and freedom of speech, are simply bad at, when compared with authoritarian regimes? Certainly, what these stumbling economies are guilty of is a failure to learn from Singapore, a system whose managed democracy is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and which has successfully avoided the sort of interest-group sclerosis and corruption that is holding back Brazil, for example.
这是民主国家，特别是法治制度和言论自由脆弱的不成熟民主国家与极权体制相比的天然劣势吗？显然，这些步履蹒跚的经济体所犯的一个错误是没有向新加坡学习。新加坡采取有管理的民主制度，今年迎来建国50周年，它成功地避免了掣肘（比如）巴西的利益集团硬化症和腐败。