>>509966800
por que no los dos

This is a well-studied problem in the field of political science, which is really applied psychology. Which is really a function of anthropology and economics I suppose.

Liberal and open societies tend to be very stable relative to authoritarian societies despite also being open to threats that wish to devour it. Authoritarian societies are not necessarily more secure in general but can be easily machined to gear up against a specific threat. A liberal and open society struggles to mobilise and motivate itself to guard against specific threats, despite generally being more stable.