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 ___ :::

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Here’s the criteria that the score is build on.

From a quick glance, I’d say US is majorly lacking in:

  • Equal opportunity to participate, vote: from felons bring denied voting rights to gerrymandering to Wisconsin votes being worth 4 times as much as California votes in presidential elections die to the EC, there’s a lot of fundamental issues here
  • Independence of the judiciary: the supreme court is not independent, and presidential pardons are a mockery of any justice system
Aug 4, 2023 at 4:45amWeb