There are countries which do not bend before others. Russia, China, Iran to name a few examples. They can protect those fleeing from the West. Just like West can protect people from those countries. World is not unipolar.
That has nothing to do with the subject of people feeling from the US influence.
This kind of argument that you attempted is a bit tiring, don't you think? If you flee from Russian government, go to the West. And vice versa. One does not invalidate the other.
"I'm going to flee from one dystopian state, to another even more dystopian/technocratic/autocratic state!"
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/technocr...
i.e it's a net positive to have a technocratic state, deferring decision making to those with the technical skills to do it.
Deferring to the technical experts is great when you want to know how to do something.
Deferring to them when you're deciding what to do is not necessarily as good.