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It’s possible to simultaneously drive economic development, lift a populace out of poverty, and not construct an authoritarian regime.

See also: Western Democracy.

Remind me again which government was responsible for the deadliest famine in human history?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127087/

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