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by jtsuken 1348 days ago
Where is the Occam's razor?

If I am a dictator sitting on an oil well, exporting more and more oil and keeping 100% of profits to myself, the GDP will still grow in line with the amount and price of oil exported.

There is little correlation between what the population is doing and what the countries economic and social potential is. Isn't that in-part the definition of a dictator?