We’re about to make tyranny sexy again. Or something.
How does freedom of speech factor in? Western Europe has had some problems with that lately.
So the world is becoming less democratic.
COVID fried most people’s brain.. except for Europe apparently
Come on Canada, stop dragging North American scores down! /s
Is the age of democracy coming to an end?
Meh, basically a think tank’s unscientific opinion poll among its own members.
Skimming the comments makes me think people found where “their party” took the reins and didn’t like the implications so now they’re slinging mud. 😂😂😂
November 2024 seems like a crucial data point to omit.
How is north america so democratic? Even Canada doesn’t have a great party system with 2 dominating it. And let’s not even start with their southern neighbours.
What happened in Canada in early 2020?
It’s a garbage index. Like Freedom House, it’s not a respected measure, compared with a real one like V-Dem. Anytime you see someone use this in the social sciences, you know they didn’t get the result they wanted with a trusted index. There is no transparency in the methodology, it has a monolithic view on “democracy” that is almost certainly (no one knows the details of their methods) giving points to neoliberal regimes to be able to point to those regimes and say, “see the freer the market, the more democratic!”. No need to give people what they want collectively if business is booming!
Israel, which literally has a two tiered system of codified rights for Arab and Jewish Israeli citizens, is ranked about the same as the United States and above Portugal if Wikipedia is still current. That’s not even considering the horrors of Gaza and the West Bank, which probably (again, we don’t know) fall outside of their method’s definition. It’s just a neoliberal propaganda tool.
Also, there is so little variation in this data. North America has the tiniest little blemish after Trump lost and tried to overthrow the government. Maybe Canada became more democratic at that time? Rant complete.
Source: Freedom Eagle Burger Institute
Why is this by continent? Wouldn’t Asian be a super mixed bag? You have Japan but you have China, you have SK but you have NK, on top of that you have Australia there.
“Western Europe”
“Central and Eastern Europe”
Nobody knows what their definition of western, central and eastern europe is…
The juxtaposition of capitalism, liberalism, and democracy has been the established standard for good governance since WWII. However, since the beginning of this century, it hasn’t delivered on its promises to the working people. Not only is this model dying but it’s proving completely unable to reinvent itself.
I think we are experiencing an interregnum where the old way is dead and fascism is filling the void while a new way is not yet born.
![[OC] The Economist Democracy Index, 2006 to 2023](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/w4ph4tq6sw0e1-1920x1024.png)
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Ha. Check back with North America later in 2025…
We’re about to make tyranny sexy again. Or something.
How does freedom of speech factor in? Western Europe has had some problems with that lately.
So the world is becoming less democratic.
COVID fried most people’s brain.. except for Europe apparently
Come on Canada, stop dragging North American scores down! /s
Is the age of democracy coming to an end?
Meh, basically a think tank’s unscientific opinion poll among its own members.
Skimming the comments makes me think people found where “their party” took the reins and didn’t like the implications so now they’re slinging mud. 😂😂😂
November 2024 seems like a crucial data point to omit.
How is north america so democratic? Even Canada doesn’t have a great party system with 2 dominating it. And let’s not even start with their southern neighbours.
What happened in Canada in early 2020?
It’s a garbage index. Like Freedom House, it’s not a respected measure, compared with a real one like V-Dem. Anytime you see someone use this in the social sciences, you know they didn’t get the result they wanted with a trusted index. There is no transparency in the methodology, it has a monolithic view on “democracy” that is almost certainly (no one knows the details of their methods) giving points to neoliberal regimes to be able to point to those regimes and say, “see the freer the market, the more democratic!”. No need to give people what they want collectively if business is booming!
Israel, which literally has a two tiered system of codified rights for Arab and Jewish Israeli citizens, is ranked about the same as the United States and above Portugal if Wikipedia is still current. That’s not even considering the horrors of Gaza and the West Bank, which probably (again, we don’t know) fall outside of their method’s definition. It’s just a neoliberal propaganda tool.
Also, there is so little variation in this data. North America has the tiniest little blemish after Trump lost and tried to overthrow the government. Maybe Canada became more democratic at that time? Rant complete.
Source: Freedom Eagle Burger Institute
Why is this by continent? Wouldn’t Asian be a super mixed bag? You have Japan but you have China, you have SK but you have NK, on top of that you have Australia there.
“Western Europe”
“Central and Eastern Europe”
Nobody knows what their definition of western, central and eastern europe is…
The juxtaposition of capitalism, liberalism, and democracy has been the established standard for good governance since WWII. However, since the beginning of this century, it hasn’t delivered on its promises to the working people. Not only is this model dying but it’s proving completely unable to reinvent itself.
I think we are experiencing an interregnum where the old way is dead and fascism is filling the void while a new way is not yet born.
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