The fully democratic west did a lot worse than some dictatorial states or those with an expectation of government surveillance (S Korea/Singapore/Taiwan) simply because we live in societies where
we can do whatever we want to do until it is prohibited.
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>> But how can we trust the figures provided by states where everything, including the media,
>> is controlled by the government? Such places are not in the habit of publicising bad
>> news.
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I don't think that you would put South Korea/Taiwan/Singapore in that category. Certainly less overtly 'free' than Europe and the West, but have major elements of democratic and unfettered opposition, so I do trust their figures. I have zero trust in the figures coming out of Russia, China, Turkey, Iran etc.
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