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Originally posted by Colin
What don't you believe? That the Soviet Union collapsed, that the Berlin Wall has fallen, that there were only two democracies in the world in 1790, that two-thirds of the world's countries today have free elections but only one third was half a century ago?
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A quick Google search shows that there were at least 3 "liberal democracies" in 1790 - France, Switzerland, and the United States. Maybe there were even more democracies than that worldwide at that time, but those come up right away on google when you search for 1790.
Where did you get your stats?