Authoritarianism Turn High oil price fosters authoritarianism and violence – decrease in oil exports and price promote democracy. Brynjar and SKJØLBERG 5 (LIA, head of FFI's research on international terrorism and global jihadism, Katja, Assistant Professor at the University of Adger, 2005-06-28, FORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUTT, “CAUSES OF TERRORISM: An Expanded and Updated Review of the Literature”, ) CL trajectories of economic development have greater propensity Modernisation processes are all very different, but some of fostering conflict than others. The literature on modernisation theories, rentier states, and resource conflicts, has highlighted export of natural resources, especially oil, impedes that mineral resources, and diamonds, hampers economic development, the creation of a democratic order, and increases the likelihood of civil war.91 This is first and foremost the case in underdeveloped countries where political institutions are weak, corruption is pervasive, and elite groups fight over the spoils. While resource scarcity previously was believed to be a major conflict-generating factor, it is increasingly acknowledged that the very abundance of certain Sudden influx of petro-dollars, natural resources is perhaps more dangerous than scarcity.92 diamond revenues, or profits from rare create dysfunctional economies and foster cleptocratic regimes and timber and gold mines, (‘the Dutch disease’) authoritarian rentier states.93 Such regimes are associated with a higher likelihood for violent conflict. Totalitarianism is a threat even greater than nuclear war Rummel 1 (RJ, Political scientist, University of Hawaii, Death by Government, http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/dbg.chap1.html) Consider also that library stacks have been written on the possible nature and consequences of nuclear war and how it might be avoided. Yet, in the life of some still living we have experienced in the toll from democide (and related destruction and misery among the survivors) the equivalent of a nuclear war, especially at the high near 360,000,000 end of the estimates. It is as though one had already occurred! Yet to my knowledge, there is only one book dealing with the overall human cost of this "nuclear war."
Authoritarianism Turn High oil price fosters authoritarianism and violence – decrease in oil exports and price promote democracy. Brynjar and SKJØLBERG 5 (LIA, head of FFI's research on international terrorism and global jihadism, Katja, Assistant Professor at the University of Adger, 2005-06-28, FORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUTT, “CAUSES OF TERRORISM: An Expanded and Updated Review of the Literature”, ) CL Modernisation processes are all very different, but some trajectories of economic development have greater propensity of fostering conflict than others. The literature on modernisation theories, rentier states, and resource conflicts, has highlighted that export of natural resources, especially oil, mineral resources, and diamonds, hampers economic development, impedes the creation of a democratic order, and increases the likelihood of civil war.91 This is first and foremost the case in underdeveloped countries where political institutions are weak, corruption is pervasive, and elite groups fight over the spoils. While resource scarcity previously was believed to be a major conflict-generating factor, it is increasingly acknowledged that the very abundance of certain natural resources is perhaps more dangerous than scarcity.92 Sudden influx of petro-dollars, diamond revenues, or profits from rare timber and gold mines, create dysfunctional economies (‘the Dutch disease’) and foster cleptocratic regimes and authoritarian rentier states.93 Such regimes are associated with a higher likelihood for violent conflict. Totalitarianism is a threat even greater than nuclear war Rummel 1 (RJ, Political scientist, University of Hawaii, Death by Government, http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/dbg.chap1.html) Consider also that library stacks have been written on the possible nature and consequences of nuclear war and how it might be avoided. Yet, in the life of some still living we have experienced in the toll from democide (and related destruction and misery among the survivors) the equivalent of a nuclear war, especially at the high near 360,000,000 end of the estimates. It is as though one had already occurred! Yet to my knowledge, there is only one book dealing with the overall human cost of this "nuclear war."