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Iceland and Ireland went from being poor to wealthy and stable, both as small democracies, and during the 20th century.
by nextos 3y ago
Iceland and Ireland went from being poor to wealthy and stable, both as small democracies, and during the 20th century.
- bombcar 3y agoIceland is also the oldest democracy in the world, so it's less they went from "incredibly crappy existence" and more "they were always stable, and just became more wealthy". I'm taking the OP as talking more about "you can't democracy your way out of being Haiti" kind of things.