outofemailaliasesAug 4, 2023

countries that sore higher in terms of democracy, whats the catch?

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1502824

countries that sore higher in terms of democracy, whats the catch? - Blåhaj Lemmy

according to a site called democracymatrix [https://www.democracymatrix.com/ranking] there are 35 countries more democratic than the us ::: spoiler the countries - Denmark - Norway - Finland - Sweden - Germany - Switzerland - Netherlands - New Zealand - Belgium - Costa Rica - Spain - Luxembourg - Australia - Estonia - Iceland - Ireland - United Kingdom - Austria - France - South Korea - Lithuania - Italy - Portugal - Canada - Japan - Taiwan - Uruguay - Cyprus - Chile - Slovakia - Greece - Czech Republic - Latvia - Barbados - Israel ___ :::

Show threadpavnilschandaAug 4, 2023

Some of my (uneducated) guesses:

  • they’re also wellfare state, so they’re tight when it comes to immigration
  • similar in terms of culture, making it easier for them to agree on which policies to follow. So there may or may not be xenophobia
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It does depend on the country, we have quite high immigration in NZ.
Aug 4, 2023 at 4:27amWeb