Re: National prosperity: Is it linked to democracy or dictatorship or some other fact
A Person's character is what he/she is, and none is dictator or democrat from their mother womb. You can find extreme dictator in character coming through democratic route and you can find extreme democrat in character coming to power using force (military) and people may call him dictator.
Prosperity, development, and economical growth is nothing to do with dictatorship or democracy. It is to do with sincerity, commitment, efficiency, determination, and honesty of the person in power at top, be that person dictator or democrat.
But then, there is a big problem in third world countries. Prosperity, development and growth in third world countries is hated by most who are rich, powerful, affluent, and influential, as when country prosper their power base, dependency of others on them, their importance in society, control and authority over others, and financial superiority reduces.
Since in third world countries, people contest elections with their own money, so only rich, powerful, affluent, and influential contest elections and win (or can afford to lose), so when these people win, instead of bringing prosperity, development, and growth, these people bring misery, loot and plunder, mismanagement and bankruptcy.
Nevertheless, bad dictator is worse then worst democrat, because democrat depends on many others and do not have absolute power and there stronger entity, that is army to stop him, so cannot harm as much as dictator. On the other hand a good dictator is better than best democrat as when it comes to serving the country and doing good for the people, dictator can do that with mostly free hand but democrat cannot.
So true, which is why political reimbursement (looting the national treasury and other resources) is the number one agenda after getting into power. Third world countries probably see spikes in their development graphs near election times.