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Japan has a pretty long history of autocratic rulership..

And has only really had once party in power throughout the history of its democracy (like 3 years or so without): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japa...

Not sure its the best counter example

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> Japan has a pretty long history of autocratic rulership..

So has all of Europe, though.

>Japan has a pretty long history of autocratic rulership..

What does any of that have to do with Japan as of 2018? Unless you are arguing that their clean streets and robust infrastructure was some sort of lingering effect of an emperor from 2000 years ago, and not due to post WW2 liberal democratic reforms, this has nothing to do with anything.

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