re: #117 Florida Panhandler

The move towards authoritarianism is a worldwide phenomenon.

bbc.com

The article gives statistics on how Arab countries are viewing democracy as being detached from economic success. This view is not just an Arab view, but a more and more common failure inside places like the USA as well.

If your entire economy depends on selling off a single resource (like oil) that can be easily controlled by a few producers, then Democracy sucks as a model.