Mastodawn

outofemailaliases Aug 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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Kecessa Aug 4, 2023

What do you mean what’s the catch?

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jeffw Aug 4, 2023

Nobody is more free than America!!! There has to be some kind of gimmick!!! What are they doing, bribing people with basic protections and social services that counteract the crushing forces of poverty???

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PeepinGoodArgs Aug 4, 2023

Dang straight. Freedom is having every opportunity to fall into poverty. Thats what those other countries don’t understand

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Kit Sorens

Freedom means nothing without rights. Every society is a “free” society to kings and billionaires, not so much for the poor. Freedoms are rights plus allowance. We allow for much in the US, but we do not universally uphold rights.