The Road to Modernisation

“…If a society [wants] to be modern, there [is] no alternative to a market economy and a democratic political system. Not everyone wanted to be modern, of course, and not everyone could put in place the institutions and policies necessary to make democracy and capitalism work, but no alternative system would yield better results.

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…[But] long before you have a liberal democracy, you have to have a functioning state… This is something that cannot be taken for granted…

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…Democratic transitions need to be driven by societies that want democracy, and since the latter requires institutions, it is usually a fairly long and drawn out process…”

- Francis Fukuyama

Go out and vote.

Elanor