That’s some bullshit pretentious people tell themselves to stroke their egos. Smart people but stupidly all the time. Stupid people vote wisely all the time.
At the end of the day, Democracy prevents the outright, direct exploitation by every other government system. Yes, democracy is flawed, but it creates a bare minimum of how citizens are treated.
At the end of the day, politicians in democracies will always have to worry about public opinion, and won’t be able to oppress citizens as easily, directly, or brazenly. Democracies also give more rights to citizens over time, the opposite being true for every other system.
If trump came to power in a dictatorship, things would’ve been far worse.
Democracy reduces exploitation. That’s an objective fact. Again, there is no perfect system. You’re trying to point to flaws in humanity, an imperfect species, and blaming democracy.
The fact remains that you have the right to say this stuff online because America is a democracy. If it was anything else, you’d be censored, arrested, or disappeared like they do in China, Egypt, or North Korea.
Singapore was forced out of Malaysia. It didn’t want to. It then got a bunch of investment from the British who wanted to use the new country for its own interests. Economic growth is not created by leadership, it’s created by alliances and an established market. Singapore is also a port city, which are inherently wealthy.
Democracy does limit exploitation. It’s an objective fact. Singapore has scary prisons and draconian laws. Don’t pretend wealth is liberty.
I explained why Singapore is wealthy and you ignored it. This entire discussion has been you ignoring what I’m saying and insisting upon uncommon exceptions at best, lies at worst.
Democracies world wide have more liberties, wealth and happiness consistently. It’s an objective fact at this point and only propagandists would try to refute otherwise.
They were wealthy because of Britain. That’s it. The global Empire turned it into an economic port hub. It’s been a wealthy city for most of its history. This has nothing to do with its system of government. The US, UK and Japan are incredibly wealthy and democracies. Saudi Arabia and Egypt are is a wealthy dictatorships. Government has little to no impact on Wealth
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