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I considered forwarding it to him, but he is extremely skeptical of data in this form.

To add to the examples above; what does 'per capita income $2700+' actually select for? Is it income, or is it Europeans? The second possibility is just a bit confounding.... The data, properly considered, provokes more study, (which I don't have grants for) not conclusions.

Further, while I am short on geopolitical data, 'autocracies above $2700' sounds like China and Russia, both of which were recently communist.

In short, even if perfectly accurate, the article could be utterly misleading...or not, and it's exceptionally hard to tell the difference.

Also, you do know the actual answer for 'bringing democracy,' right? Power/prestige/self-validation. These would be exactly the same if democracy actually worked, too.

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Mencius Moldbug sighting in 3..2..1...

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