The basic gist goes something like this: Authoritarian regimes such as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (see here for some of the horrors they're up to under the current dictator), defunct Communist regimes, the Nazi Party, and the Iranian theocracy rule by heavy censorship and punishment of dissenting voices. This means, I believe, one of two things:
(1) "Ideas so good that they're mandatory"
(2) These regimes tacitly confess that their ideological dictates can't win in the free, fair and open marketplace of ideas, which means their dictates are likely fundamentally flawed or false, with evil/destructive consequences to be expected for so many concerned/affected. By being forcibly imposed, these ideological dictates have not received a proper vetting to accountably distinguish mere opinion from knowledge. This being so, the likes of Xi Jinpeng don't know that they're "leading" their nations in a good or healthy direction; as far as they know, they're doing just the opposite. The coronovirus outbreak is the tip of the iceberg, and that's just this one authoritarian regime.
You might readily guess which of these two interpretations I subscribe to. Heck, do any conscientious philosophers disagree about this?
