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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
How do you conclude that causation is not the opposite?
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Because India has had a full blown democracy since the end of WWII but had a socialist economy ever since then. It just started opening up in 1992 but still has a long way to go. For the authoritarian governments that instituted free market reforms, they have now all gone democratic and are prospersous. Democracys, that don't have free markets, and therefore, prosperity, also tend to fall back into dictatorships. Look at Venezuela.
