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Jim McGovern: “Dictatorships do not matriculate to democracies because you give them more money. As a matter of fact, I believe it…”

On the recordJune 3, 2019
Dictatorships do not matriculate to democracies because you give them more money. As a matter of fact, I believe it makes them worse.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

McGovern argues that financial support does not lead to democracy in authoritarian regimes.

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