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by moehm 1541 days ago
> The natural process of democracy seems to be: Dictatorship -> industrialisation -> democracy. Does any one knows any books talking about this?

Watch this video ("The Rules for Rulers" from CGP Grey)[0], it's a summary of a book from de Mesquita ("The Dictator's Handbook")[1]. The video explains this process very well, imo.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11612989-the-dictator-s-...