NotNightwing 1,710 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Top 5 most democratic nations in 2018: #1 Norway 9.87 #2 Iceland 9.58 #3 Sweden 9.39 #4 New Zealand 9.26 #5 Denmark 9.22 (Canada and The United States placed 6th and 25th respectively. Canada qualifying as a full democracy while the US qualified as a "Flawed Democracy".) "DEMOCRACY stopped declining in 2018, according to the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index. The index rates 167 countries by 60 indicators across five broad categories: electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, democratic political culture and civil liberties. It is stricter than most similar indices: it concludes that just 4.5% of the world’s people live in a “full democracy”. However, the overall global score remained stable in 2018 for the first time in three years. Just 42 countries experienced a decline, compared with 89 in 2017. Encouragingly, 48 improved." Bottom 5 Countries: #163 Chad 1.61 #164 Central African Republic 1.52 #165 Dem. Republic of Congo 1.49 #166 Syria 1.43 #167 North Korea 1.08 Full article below. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/01/08/the-retreat-of-global-democracy-stopped-in-2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsches 17,560 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Yay, my country is a full democracy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolfsmck 2,763 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, tomsches said: Yay, my country is a full democracy! Full of what? like a cat in a sil, I observe life, moving and still. My words give a clue,look inside to see whats true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu 37,216 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I- wont comment bc i dont want a fight but theres something thats not accurate there thxs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeJudas 6,490 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Democracy, where do you think you're going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotNightwing 1,710 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Andreu said: I- wont comment bc i dont want a fight but theres something thats not accurate there thxs In the post? Let me know if I made a mistake, I'll edit it if I can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyalty 3,904 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I’m so moving to Canada when I get the chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Bardot 3,990 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Spain a full democracy at the same level of Germany or the Netherlands? I don’t think so. That’s not accurate at all lmao. pooiota Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfectGUY 7,822 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Democratic Republic Of Congo being in the last of the world, the kii Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu 37,216 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Deku said: In the post? Let me know if I made a mistake, I'll edit it if I can. nono, i meant whoever they did the map 1 hour ago, Henri Bardot said: Spain a full democracy at the same level of Germany or the Netherlands? I don’t think so. That’s not accurate at all lmao. OOoops you said it I didn't sksksk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotNightwing 1,710 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Henri Bardot said: Spain a full democracy at the same level of Germany or the Netherlands? 29 minutes ago, Andreu said: OOoops you said it I didn't sksksk I'm not too familiar with the political situation in Spain besides corrupt officials, so I may be way off base on this, but this judges countries on a large number of criteria. China for example got points for strong separation of church and state. This also takes into account the opinions and actions of the local populations which may skew the data, but it is ultimately leveraged by professional opinion. Spain highest scores were in "Electoral Process and Pluralism" and "Civil Liberties". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian 20,017 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 6 hours ago, Deku said: I'm not too familiar with the political situation in Spain besides corrupt officials, so I may be way off base on this, but this judges countries on a large number of criteria. China for example got points for strong separation of church and state. This also takes into account the opinions and actions of the local populations which may skew the data, but it is ultimately leveraged by professional opinion. Spain highest scores were in "Electoral Process and Pluralism" and "Civil Liberties". He's probably refering to the whole Catalonia independence mess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolfsmck 2,763 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 8 hours ago, PerfectGUY said: Democratic Republic Of Congo being in the last of the world, the kii Or listing North Korea as democratic at all.😏 By what criteria do they measure the level of Democracy. ??? Simply voting for a dictator (or else) can't be considered a peoples choice government. USA isn't perfect either, look at who got elected for President....😎 like a cat in a sil, I observe life, moving and still. My words give a clue,look inside to see whats true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,072 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Canada the only Super Large Holder of Oil and Natural Gas in Dark Green... Explains how the population successfully stops every pipeline and Government can't seem to overrule it (even when the government buys a pipeline directly and still can't build it) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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