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" Like all decision in democracy, it is not about finding the best solution, it's about the solution with the least nr of votes against it. That is why democracy never works in the long term, because it is a long, drawn out, trip to the bottom. "

Working democracies are the countries with most livable places on Earth..this includes many countries in Europe.

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So livable that people are no longer having children? So livable, that people no longer see any hope or meaning in their lives and the future?

The highest incomes on the planet, are in monarchies like Liechtenstein and Monaco. Singapore, which cannot be called a democracy, is one of the safest countries on the planet.

Another interesting way to look at it is at the debt. The debt of most (all?) democracies is sky rocketing. That means the "livability" is an illusion paid for by borrowed money.

Liechtenstein is heavenly tied to Switzerland, Monaco to France. They don't exist without Democracies.

Safety is definitely not the only metric on Life quality. There is a reason why Singapore is called Singaboor and South Korea, Japan and Taiwan have a way more cultural impact.

Nonsense... look at a map. But nice attempt at shifting the goal posts though! ;)

democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried

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