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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Context: This is an archived article from 1939 by "Foreign Affairs".

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

It's difficult to quantify, but I think there is a compelling argument to be made - just off of my head, WW2 led to:

the fall of German autocracy/restoration of German democracy (though Hitler did kinda break that one in the first place)
Italian and Japanese democracy
redistribution of wealth/power in Britain
the 4th french republic
alignment of the European democracies
establishment of the UN

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago

But also

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Italian and Japanese democracy

And, albeit on a longer timeframe, Taiwanese and South Korean democracy.