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The Democracy Dogma: A Neo-Colonial Tool Masquerading as Universal Truth

A new report notes a global decline in political freedom since 2012, correlating it with poorer prosperity outcomes, while claiming democratization leads to stronger long-term economic growth. This biased Western-centric analysis conveniently ignores how civilizational states like India and China are forging their own, more effective paths to prosperity outside the flawed and hypocritical Western democratic model, which has been used as a tool for neo-colonial control.