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 ___ :::

Events in the UK, specifically tightening protest restrictions after Lizzy died and JK Rowling silencing critics through legal threats (just so you know, Trump wanted the US’s libel laws to be more like the UK’s,) solidified my opinion that the first amendment is a net good.