[GodGunsGuts]

We have finally found some common ground, Toddster. But PNTR will never succeed in toppling Communist China (if that was ever its purpose).

[Toddsterpatriot]

I think I saw something that said as soon as a country hits $6,000 GDP per capita, they become democratic.

[Toddsterpatriot]

More recently Adam Przeworski of New York University confirmed this truism by studying every attempted transition to democracy around the globe. He and his colleagues found that once a country passes $6,000 in per capita income it is virtually guaranteed to succeed in its transition to democracy. States between $3,000 and $6,000 have less than a 50-50 chance of staying democracies. And countries below $3,000 are almost bound to fail.

Low Per Capita Income Countries Never Remain Democracies