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::''Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.''
::::::Sir Winston Churchill

::''The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.''
::::::Robert Maynard Hutchins

::''Information is the currency of democracy''
::::::Thomas Jefferson

== My POV ==
My own POV is that [[liberal democracy]] and [[capitalism]] overall are beneficial. 

In my view, arguments for democracy includes no wars and no conflicts causing any battle deaths between [[liberal democracies]] (See ''[[Never at War]]'' and [[Democratic peace theory]]). Little [[democide]], [[corruption]], and few [[civil wars]]. No liberal democracy has had a large scale [[famine]]. More democratic nations have higher average self-reported [[happiness]] (See [[Liberal democracy]]).

In my view, arguments for capitalism includes the [[Index of Economic Freedom]], one way to measure the degree of capitalism in different nations. More capitalist nations have less poverty. Note that also nations with high [[progressive taxation]], like [[Sweden]], can be very capitalist. See also the [[Ease of Doing Business Index]] and the [[Global Competitiveness Report]]. Due to [[globalization]], poverty is rapidly declining around the world.

However, there are of course many opposing arguments and I have tried to include the views of both sides in order to achieve NPOV. I believe that the capitalist system must include policies redistributing [[wealth]] from the most wealthy, since it is easier for the already wealthy to gradually accumulate more wealth than it is for the poor to gain any wealth. Therefore, relatively high [[progressive taxation]], [[wealth tax]], and/or [[inheritance tax]].

I strongly believe in the fundamental Wikipedia policies [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]], [[Wikipedia:No original research]], and [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]].

==Graphs I have created==
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Image:Percentage living on less than $1 per day 1981-2001.png|The percentage of the world's population living on less than $1 per day (black line). Graph shows the years 1981-2001.
Image:Life expectancy 1950-2005.png|Life expectancy has been increasing and converging for most of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa has recently seen a decline, partly related to the [[AIDS epidemic]]. Graph shows the years 1950-2005.
Image:Number_of_nations_1800-2003_scoring_8_or_higher_on_Polity_IV scale.png|Number of nations 1800-2003 scoring 8 or higher on the [[Polity data series|Polity IV scale]], a measure of democracy. Graph shows the years 1800-2003.
{{legend|#219A57|Free}}
{{legend|#FFC27B|Partly Free}}
{{legend|#B30000|Not Free}}
Image:Freedom House Country Rankings 1972-2005.png|[[Freedom House]] Country Rankings 1972-2005
Image:World_GDP_Capita_1-2003_A.D.png|World [[GDP]]/capita 1-2003 AD.
Image:Ease_of_Doing_Business_Index.PNG|World map of the [[Ease of Doing Business Index]]. Green nations rank higher, red nations lower. Each color represent one [[quartile]] of the ranked nations.
Image:2006-2007 Global Competitiveness Index.png|World map of the 2006-2007 [[Global Competitiveness Report|Global Competitiveness Index]]. Each color represent one [[quartile]] of the ranked nations. Green nations score higher, red nations lower. Grey nations are not ranked.
Image:Corruption Perceptions Index 2006.png|World map of the [[Corruption Perceptions Index]], which measures "the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians"
Image:Economic Freedom Charts.png|Charts showing [[Economic freedom]] and various other indicators.
Image:Food production per capita 1961-2005.png|Food production per person 1961-2005
</gallery>

== Other interesting graphs ==
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Image:Freedom House world map 2007.png|[[Freedom House]] scores nations on political freedom.
Image:Satisfaction with Life Index Map.png|<span style="color:green;">Green</span> = Happiest > <span style="color:blue;">Blue</span> > <span style="color:purple;">Purple</span> > <span style="color:orange;">Orange</span> > <span style="color:red;">Red</span> = Least Happy; <span style="color:gray;">Grey</span> = Data not available
</gallery>