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No surprise there.
People seem to have forgotten that liberal democracy prevailed not through moral arguments or appeals to conscience. It prevailed because it was stronger in war and in peace. It makes more and better weapons when it has to, and enables its citizens a better life otherwise.
Look how Hungary oppresses LGBT people. That costs a lot of money and eventually only means that members of that minority pay less taxes and contribute less to the economy.
Look to the US. The poorest states in the nation are those that were committed to racial oppression. The US would be even richer without that frivolous waste of human potential. And not just the victims but everyone.
The biggest problem is corruption. Things like racism or anti LGBT are used to blame minorities for the problems caused by that.
"Were"?
If a story confirms your prejudices it's important to look closely. Supposedly in Germany the companies reduced investments during socialist governments to make them look bad. I have no idea how to verify it but if Hungary is opposing the European structure this much, I would check for retaliations before feeling confirmed.
Economics is hardly a prejudice. You're not making a lot of sense, anyway.
Surely pointing to China is a better way to make the point that liberal democracy is not the only road to riches. I simply want to encourage people to take a hard-nosed look at the tenets of liberal democracy. They are not a revealed truth. They prevailed for a reason.
That could be manufactured by giving more funding to liberal democracies.
Funding by who? God? Certainly not all the other democracies that just so happen to work well.
But seriously, if a system works so well that it can support multiple countries with the resources of a single one, thats an even better argument.
Unless the resources come from exploitation.
No.
Just like that? What makes you so sure? The reverse was true for the divided Germany. Both sides shifted resources there to make their system look good in comparison.
And eastern Germany was a shithole, so how is that supposed to be an argument?
Compared to the rest of the east?
Being the best socialist dictatorship doent mean anything if its still much worse than most social democracies
For you. It was still the place to compare the systems.