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		JamesBarney on Aug 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in US c... Does it? By economic development do you mean relative to other countries or in absolute terms? The US was pretty democratic way before we were anywhere close to rich my 2023 standards.

hollerith on Aug 29, 2023 [–]

Good point. The same can be said of the Roman Republic and classical Athens.

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