"Commerce... is apt to decay in absolute governments, not because it is there less secure, but because it is less honourable." — Hume (I.e. the reason autocracies are poor is that it's more prestigious to be one of the dictator's minions than to build things.)
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Replying to @paulg
What I meant is commerce seems to be flourishing there despite an autocratic government, which is confounding. Does their system eventually break (perhaps through revolution to get rid of the autocrats)?
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Replying to @MarceloPLima
Low GDP per capita implies commerce is not flourishing.
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