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That very much depends on how you define outcompeting and how you define Imperial Germany. If you're comparing Germany and the US from say 1850-1914... then yeah, I can sort of see it. But even then, if Imperial Germany outcompeted the US, it wasn't by much. Its an especially unfair comparison...

Just because something survives doesn't mean its not generally outcompeted. You're putting too much importance on Gavrilo Princip and Sebia. They gave everyone else an excuse, but everyone else was looking for an excuse. If it wasn't Gavrilo Princip and Serbia, it just would've been someone...

I don't really agree with much of your hypothesis... but lets assume your criticism of democracies is all true for a second. The problem, of course, is that democracies outcompete monarchies systems very consistently. What powerful monarchs remain primarily remain because of a combination of...