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The most notable theocracies - Iran and Saudi Arabia, do fairly well compared to the other two forms of government. I wonder why they're do better than one migh
by meric 4y ago
The most notable theocracies - Iran and Saudi Arabia, do fairly well compared to the other two forms of government. I wonder why they're do better than one might expect.
- systemvoltage 4y agoOil.
- jl6 4y agoDo fairly well for whom?
- brianwawok 4y agoHaving billions of dollars of black gold gush out of the ground makes many things easy. What happens to them post oil?
- thematrixturtle 4y agoSaudi Arabia is not a theocracy, it's a regular old monarchist dictatorship with some window dressing, and on pretty much any measure they do worse than their capitalist competitors like the UAE or Qatar. Iran, Afghanistan and the Vatican are the only modern theocracies.