Seems kind of severe?
This is a strangely drastic extrapulation of a basic premise. Read through what Ezra Klein has to say here about how our system of government is equipped to handle immediate crises pretty well, but no so much with long term crises. A pretty reasonable idea and agreeable. And then read the comment.
Isn’t this similar to Amartya Sen’s analysis of China vs. India? In China, the autocratic form of government meant that they preferred to cover up and ignore mass starvation during agricultural failure, so that millions died all at once; but on the other hand, they put the resources required into building up a universal health care system (since abandoned) that improved the lives of the entire population over the long haul. India, on the other hand, and being a democracy, was good at reacting to emergencies, and has avoided all mass starvations since gaining independence; but has never yet figured out how to prevent/avoid the slow and steady starvation of millions that is the standard operating procedure in the rural background. Or something like that.
Yes. It’s exactly like policies of Mass Starvation.