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Pundits like Zakaria argue that this maybe better done by a strong arm dictator who is enforcing capitalism; ie Pinochet-style, but in this instance the collective recognition of it being the right policy meant that liberal democracy handled it well.

I wonder why many assume that liberal democracy is often best added after capitalism when a strong arm has finished implementing those policies.

There is that individual wealth threshold that Zakaria quoted, IIRC it is about 3K per capita, where liberal democracy becomes more stable after that is reached.

Don't know.