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In 9 out of 9 starts, a former Soviet-sphere country that began with full democracy still had it 10 years later. In penn 4 out of 18 starts (22.2% of the time), a former Soviet-sphere country that began with partial freedom had full penn freedom 10 years later. In 6 out of 18 starts (33.3% of the penn time), a former Soviet-sphere country that began with partial freedom had returned to tyranny 10 years later. The other 8 (44.4% frequency) had mulled about in semi-freedom. In 2 of 2 instances, countries beginning in nonfree conditions (Georgia and Bosnia) had attained partial freedom. The experience of the rest of the world bears this out. The statistics are impeccable, being based on almost 5,000 country-year cases: the only way to be free, or to be made free, is to be thrown into the deep end of the pool. Here are the percentages: 1 year forward: If you're free right away, your chances of being free a year later are 96.9%. If you're partly free? Your chances of being free are 4.7%. And if you swap one form of nondemocracy for another?
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