>>3863313>>3863213They already are a super power. But they bounce between being recognized as a developing and developed country for the sake of getting the best trade deals, UN negotiations, etc. So it is hard to recognize them as a super power because of that.
>>3862983The thing is, authoritarianism seems to only produce that double digit GDP % growth under a few but common conditions.
1. The country must be at or near rock bottom.
2. The country must have a semi-free market.
3. The country must be authoritarian and use Keynesian tactics for growth.
When your country is starts at virtually nothing, any new growth will result in a huge percentage increase.
Ex
Country A: (GDP 2016 = 100, GDP 2017 = 110) 10% growth, 10 units of total growth.
Country B: (GDP 2016 = 1000, GDP 2017 = 1050) 5% growth, 50 units of total growth.
This trend will continue until the country reaches the development at around equal or greater than the rest of the world. Once that point is reached GDP % growth will stunt and start to decrease % and nominally. It happened to South Korea, it happened to China (they are now lieing about their GDP), it happened to western europe, and it happened to Nazi Germany.
