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Iran’s theocrats have power. Don’t expect them to think too deeply about what they might do better if not they had less. They’re more concerned with holding on to it - as everyone in power anywhere and for all time is.

My point. I don't expect them to, and they don't have any modern examples. China is the example of an authoritarian regime that has held onto power with the tacit agreement of the people that as long as people are raised out of poverty into the middle calls they can hold power, China looked at Singapore to understand how they did it, and modified their approach. There's no equivalent that I know of, so advancement will be hindered and slow. China begins by educating people and industry doesn't initially develop in population centers, it develops in rural areas and then concentrates.

There's no modern theocracy that's done well by its people that I know of, they've always hindered the population to stay in power.

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