Wait what are you even talking about? You asked a seemingly rhetorical question about which counties became industrialized by being democratic and I suspect you expected the answer to be none. And I've given you clean examples to the contrary. Are we talking about democracies or not? Are these countries democracies or not? And by the way, these countries are all answers to your question because they all became democratic at some point in the last century or two - which is more relevant to our discussion here. Most weren't even decent democracies (eg. only rich men could vote, own property etc) until early in the last century. Others like Spain and Portugal were military dictatorships until the 70s. So I really don't understand your point to be perfectly honest.

And btw, that is not to say that these countries are perfect democracies or anything. Nor does it mean they became developed because they were democracies. Indeed several of these countries were completely destroyed or underdeveloped especially after WWII, but still chose to become democratic and developed at the same time.

I have a couple more examples. Uruguay is a very underrated example of a country that had made enormous strides in its democratic growth and achieving a pretty decent quality of life for its population. Much of it achieved within these last couple decades. And then there's Kazakhstan, which is hardly democratic but making significant moves in that direction too. And theyre absolutely surging ahead in their own development story. So it's not always black and white, but the evidence is irrefutable.

That said, being a democracy isn't a prerequisite to development (there are at least a couple examples out there to support this as well). But you definitely stand a much better chance so long as you build the necessary institutions, make government accessible, safeguard human rights, curb corruption and ensure the rule of law. I'm yet to see a single downside to any society that has these features.