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At the height of its influence, the British Empire was not meaningfully democratic in the modern sense. Sure, England was democratic (kind of), but all their co
by hnfong 5y ago
At the height of its influence, the British Empire was not meaningfully democratic in the modern sense. Sure, England was democratic (kind of), but all their colonies were just authoritarian governments.
- anovikov 5y agoWhat matters is the absolute GDP level. As soon as you go post-industrial (demand for manufactured goods tapers off because there are enough of them for everyone), authoritarianism works worse and worse.