Democracies under threat around the globe - eviltoast

The hard facts are sobering: According to a new study, the quality of democracy has deteriorated over the past 20 years in 137 countries that are considered developing or emerging economies. According to the Bertelsmann Foundation’s “Transformation Index,” there are now 63 democracies compared to 74 autocracies. In other words, states that tend not to have free elections or a functioning constitutional state.

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    8 months ago

    Like with vaccination, people seem to have generationally forgotten the ill aspects of the thing democracy and vaccines are supposed to protect against.

    Unfortunately this leads to finding out the hard way