What my interview with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reveals about the power of democracy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Although we fervently argue about the details, our democracy holds capitalism in check -- in the best case, it forces government to be responsive to the needs of the people.
52% : Our economic prowess would not exist without our democracy and our system of government, technically a representative republic.
51% : I was quite aware of conducting this interview against the backdrop of a period of crisis in our own system of government.
43% : "The contrast between our systems of government couldn't be greater.
35% : Our messy, fragile system of government gives power to the people, stirring up the kind of conflicts that you don't see in dictatorships where the people lack a voice or are punished or worse for expressing dissent.
32% : And yet, as I sat down with the Crown Prince, I remembered Winston Churchill's famous words: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.

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