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[โ€“] Fried_out_Kombi 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are several countries that underwent a massive reduction in poverty and modernization over the same time period without having a Great Firewall and massive restriction of speech on the internet. South Korea and Taiwan come to mind. Started as highly impoverished dictatorships, now are wealthy and healthy democracies.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Occupied Korea is most certainly no more an example of a healthy democracy than the USA is.