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Surely you’re trolling. This is not the place for it because, by any objective measure, despotic regimes are worse places to live.

Unless you're the despot. In which case they are the best place to live.

Except for the tendency for despots to be violently overthrown (relative to non despotic countries at least)

Good while it lasts though.

Would you trade places with Kim Jong-un? I sure wouldn't.