The opposite seems self evident to me.<p>Saner decision making:<p>Switzerland &gt; US &gt; Egypt &gt; North Korea<p>Level of democracy:<p>Switzerland &gt; US &gt; Egypt &gt; North Korea<p>I used to think Singapore was a good example of &quot;benevolent dictatorship&quot;, but after living here for a few years I&#x27;ve come to understand that this isn&#x27;t the case. The ruling party has made some spectacularly bad decisions that they wouldn&#x27;t have without more democratic accountability, and many of the good decisions they did make were stolen from the opposition (whomever they happened to be at the time).