The network economy is the main factor of democratization:
Dictators, on the 1 st side, rely on a corrupt bureaucracy, but, on the second hand, they need social stability.
The first factor of social stability is the living standards of the poorest layers.
The first factor in the living standards of the poorest layers are the prices of their food.
Dictators prefer to give up the interests of the lower bureaucracy to ensure low prices for food.
Therefore, in authoritarian countries, the Network Economy has a high chance of success, even greater than in democratic countries, because:
1. It is more profitable - in authoritarian countries, because in them corrupt intermediaries take themselves relatively more times than intermediaries in democratic countries.
2. Low requirements to the initial capital. - The essence of the network economy - in replacing the concentration of capital - the production network, using Internet tools.
3. The low initial level of technology makes the development of production - with the help of the Network Economy very profitable,
On the second hand, Networking is the first factor in the "degradation" of authoritarianism:
The network economy undermines the economic basis of authoritarianism. - He makes society independent of the state - from below.
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