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Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
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?
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The import of the point is there are many more Democratic Republics in the world at this point in time. To my knowledge there has never been a Democracy.