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by ReadTheLicense 1397 days ago
Both monarchies and dictatorships also transfer huge amount of the wealth to the autocrats. So perhaps by giving the resources to someone to exploit?
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Singapore seems to be not doing that for a benevolent dictatorship. Neither are the oil producer middle eastern countries. Every citizen get a check from the sovereign fund that invests it for future returns.
That's one out of hundreds kingdoms and "democratic republics". I don't think it's possible to base a strategy on that, it seems to be an enormous outlier of extreme historical significance.
Agree. It was just wool gathering/hypothetical