I think this is making too strong of a claim based on fairly simplistic arguments. I’d find this whole argument more convincing if instead of the overarching and fairly “fuzzy” label of democracy, if there were more specific traits. I suppose that the more nuanced (and less pithy) version of your argument might be that “the higher a country rates on Freedom and Prosperity Indexes, the less likely it is to have problems A, B, and C.”
I’m sorry for being the annoying pedant, but remember that correlation is not causation. Reality is messy and complicated, and while the narrative of “freedom causes wealth” is appealing in it’s simplicity, there are many other factors that impact wealth, happiness, and lack of problems.
I think this is making too strong of a claim based on fairly simplistic arguments. I’d find this whole argument more convincing if instead of the overarching and fairly “fuzzy” label of democracy, if there were more specific traits. I suppose that the more nuanced (and less pithy) version of your argument might be that “the higher a country rates on Freedom and Prosperity Indexes, the less likely it is to have problems A, B, and C.”
I’m sorry for being the annoying pedant, but remember that correlation is not causation. Reality is messy and complicated, and while the narrative of “freedom causes wealth” is appealing in it’s simplicity, there are many other factors that impact wealth, happiness, and lack of problems.