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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
How about, "the sort of conditions in which democracies are likely to thrive are also conducive to economic progress"?
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That works. But I like better:
In order for a democracy to be stable it needs to increase the standard of living of its citizens, and in order to do that it needs to have an open and free economy.
Democracys that try and control the economy and restrict its freedom, stagnate and become unstable.
Authoritarian dictatorships that institute free market reforms, increase the wealth of the citizenery and the wealthier the citizenry becomes the harder they are to control (the more they will want a say in how the government is run).
Authoritarian dictatorships that institute socialism, thereby keeping the citizenry poor, have a much easier time keeping their regime in charge. It usually takes external pressure for them to be overthrown.
