Which Country is the Most Democratic? - TLDR News

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What is democracy? Well, it turns out it depends who you ask. That also means "who is the most democratic country in the world" also produces some divergent results. So in this video, we try and unpack what democracy is and which is the most democratic nation in the world.
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@TLDRnewsGLOBAL 3 года назад

NOTE: Sorry for the slightly shoddy audio on this video. We're currently moving office so this was recorded in a cupboard using my laptop. We'll be up and running soon but we didn't want to delay any videos so here we are! - Jack

@zalaktas4298 3 года назад

Still waiting for the better political spectrum video...

@yannisl8259 3 года назад

Did South Africa get 75 or 79?

@alaingraham 3 года назад

feedback for the form: allow for more than 5 options. I felt like most of the options would define what I think would be democratic making it difficult to cut down to 5.

@muhallebi6168 3 года назад

The sound is great and kudos to you for your perseverance 👏

@manseklund5323 3 года назад

@@yannisl8259 79

@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer 3 года назад

Democratic People's Republic of Korea obviously it's right there first in it's name.

@korEhodd 3 года назад

Riight, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. If you have to point it out, then....

@Dark_Detective 3 года назад

what about the democratic republic of the congo

@calvinnyarango6749 3 года назад

It's a no brainer

@jakobhahn8043 3 года назад

Yeah. They encourage political education and teach their kids everything nice the party has done for them. They also have a 99.9% voting turnout with the Workers' Party of Korea winning by a landslide every time. This surely is the most democratic place on earth.

@christianthemtlfan4170 3 года назад

@@Dark_Detective a county in africa

@avantelvsitania3359 3 года назад

That weird moment when Mongolia is more democratic than France.

@SaSha-hb5rq 3 года назад

I was surprise, definitely gonna look into that case later

@micheltresseras 3 года назад

@Amperoar M0001 that's just plain racist

@sion8 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure what brought it down in the first index is that the French president is a very powerful position even compared to the U.S. president! However, in the second index it isn't that high as you can see.

@jeroenl8352 3 года назад

@@micheltresseras Ahh yes the French, my favourite race...

@novalis2688 3 года назад

@@micheltresseras he said france not french

@telchar 3 года назад

As an American, there's NO WAY the US is the freest nation. It feels like it's turning into practically a corporate oligarchy at this point. The class divide is totally bonkers. People's voice has such little impact in so many situations.

@goldminer754 3 года назад

Yeah this metric is an absolute joke and probably part of some liberal or conservative American "information campaign"

@telchar 3 года назад

@@goldminer754 I wouldn't take it that far. I mean, the metrics they use make sense, and according to them, the US is DEFINITELY a democracy. The problem is, in the US companies are considered the same as people, and are allowed to lobby with politicians, which basically means that while all our leaders are elected democratically, they are basically all controlled by the corporations (especially the GOP). We have a democracy, it's just corrupt and favors the ultra-wealthy, often ignoring the working class.

@goldminer754 3 года назад

@@telchar You are right but the fact that they consider corporations as people in itself is a sign of major neolib/neocon ideological influence.

@telchar 3 года назад

@@goldminer754 I never said that wasn't the case. I'm just saying it is still a democracy, because our leaders (except the president) are elected through direct vote. Though there are many problems that make the US not as free as other countries.

@goldminer754 3 года назад

@@telchar Technically Russia also is a democracy unless they literally throw out votes which I dont believe, just like in the US the governing party and Oligarchs have more and less subtle methods to influence voters, voter turnout, candidates, who runs in the first place and the process as a whole. So I consider neither Russia nor the US an even remotly "true" democracy although both have some basic democratic processes that could make them elegible for being called democratic in a very broad definition.

@rmar127 3 года назад

Just because America likes to tell you it’s the best, doesn’t mean it is. That line had me laughing. 🤣🤣🤣

@vyros.3234 2 года назад

Well the US is a constitutional republic where the constitution sets it up to be a democracy. Thats why it can't be the most democratic.

@seanpruitt6801 Год назад

@@vyros.3234it’s definitely under the category of democratic though. The fact it’s remained so democratic is a breath of fresh air.

@swvvy9880 Год назад

do you want a cookie for laughing

@Commielover69 Год назад

Just because America told you they're democratic it doesn't mean they're democratic

@Quinctili Год назад

@@seanpruitt6801 The US has fallen to number 26 on the Most Liveable Countries list, it barely qualifies as a first world country now. It is horrible for corruption at every level, with horrific crime rates. 1% of US population is in jail. The election system is a joke, corrupt, false. On average, an Australian will live 4 years longer than a US citizen, in a larger and better equipped home, with 3 to 4 times the average saved wealth. It is ranked 1 on that World's Most Liveable Countries list.

@simonhand_ 3 года назад

Mongolia surrounded by red: “Y’all ok?”

@hs5312 3 года назад

Countries that were conquered by the mongols in the past tend to be less democratic than those who weren’t, the Mongolians can’t conquer themselves which is why they are more democratic. But also in the case of China, Chinese governments have been extremely anti democratic and authoritarian since ancient times

@simonhand_ 3 года назад

@@hs5312 I think it has to do more with the Soviet Union having old influence on them, and leaving them into states of partial mayhem, but yes I think it’s just kinda funny that the homeland of the empire is the only one in the green.

@simonhand_ 3 года назад

@@mangonel reject communism embrace mongolia

@hs5312 3 года назад

@@simonhand_ but Russia has had a history of strong men since the mongols invaded. Invasions in history can very often cause reactions in groups and often times the invaded group tends to become very absolutist as a result to prevent history repeating itself

@dhiaa9082 3 года назад

Or Tunisia

@luciotanzini7319 3 года назад

"South Africa scored 75" 79: Am I a joke to you?

@asmeet2005 3 года назад

69: Is it even a question?

@markfitzpatrick7186 3 года назад

Maybe when they are finished examining the votes in Maricopa, Cyber Ninjas can recount the score in South Africa. Will cost ZA 150k USD, but it’s for the sake of democracy.

@fullmetaltheorist 2 года назад

I'm really surprised we sdid so well. It's kinda depressing to know that we are one of the more democratic African countries.

@christopherwalker5017 2 года назад

@@fullmetaltheorist Why , Jesus Murphy have some pride in your country

@Joey-ct8bm Год назад

@@fullmetaltheorist These numbers were from 2015. A lot has changed in SA since then.

@benjaminthut6330 3 года назад

People always talk about Scandinavia but always overlook Switzerland, which has as the only country in the world a direct democracy where people decide on the laws and not politicians! To me that is real democracy. Sadly because of the unique system, they come behind the Scandinavian countries. Would be awesome to see you look into the Swiss system.

@dodominoe4461 3 года назад

That system has its own flaws too though. Who will raise taxes for example?

@nandans2506 2 года назад

People in general are dumb. You wouldn't want general public to vote for which aircraft design is better or where should a dam be built or how much money should be spent on irrigation. Everyone cannot be expected to know everything, spirit of democracy is in states being accountable to the populous not decentralization of all decision making.

@andrewrice9362 2 года назад

Maybe have a look through the think tank scoring data and come back with an answer as to why

@deangregoric4735 2 года назад

@@nandans2506 you don't vote those things lol

@tst2363 2 года назад

Libya once was a participatory democracy 😜

@hutty8667 3 года назад

When you realise countries with monarchs are more democratic than a republic

@diogorodrigues747 3 года назад

What about Germany, Austria, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Czechia, Estonia, Uruguay, Chile or Costa Rica? They are all pretty good according to the Freedom House and they are Republics...

@jey0122 3 года назад

@@diogorodrigues747 Norway and Sweden still got the 100 x)

@diogorodrigues747 3 года назад

@@jey0122 Even so, what he said is not entirelly true. The UAE is a monarchy and they are poorly democratic.

@jey0122 3 года назад

@@diogorodrigues747 yeah but the republican countries are doing worse in average anyway

@diogorodrigues747 3 года назад

@@jey0122 No, they're not. Give me the average value and the way you got it and, then, I will believe in you.

@darthcalanil5333 3 года назад

Syria scoring a 1 is 1 more point than I would ever have thought possible XD proud syrian here!

@Chrissy717 3 года назад

@Sam Hatem... Huh?

@darthcalanil5333 3 года назад

@Sam Hatem and now I know for sure that you're a fellow countryman 😅

@root2588 3 года назад

Stay safe man

@MrMediator24 3 года назад

@Kaelyn at risk of being whooooshed - that's sarcasm

@budomk9299 3 года назад

@@MrMediator24 it doesn't seem like it but I might be wrong

@TheBard1999 3 года назад

I never realized Mongolia is considered as very democratic country

@waltervanbrunchem2462 3 года назад

Well, if you look at their neighbors, it is easy to look democratic

@alexpotts6520 3 года назад

They are a real beacon of hope. For a country that only exists to be a buffer zone between two of the most militaristic nations on earth, they do remarkably well.

@romarbetc123 3 года назад

Respect to Mongolia and it's amazing people

@LordDim1 3 года назад

Weeell I’d say they’re probably lower now, seeing as just a few weeks ago the, after parliament moved to limit the president’s powers, ordered the governing People’s Party to be dissolved, which has triggered a rather bad crisis

@sw36jl 3 года назад

@@alexpotts6520 Doing remarkably well? Mongolia is more polluted than China, most of its exports and employment are coal (not green pastures as you would think). Their GDP per capita is at least three times lower than Mongolians living in China's Inner Mongolia. Corruption is rife, child mortality rates from pollution is high... Also, Russia and China are militaristic. But the USA is the most militaristic. Not debating what they use it for, I don't take sides on this issue. But the US spends $800 billion and has 800 bases, how is China or Russia the most militaristic. They could be if the US collapses which it won't

@Russinh0 3 года назад

USA: we are a democratic country Americans: * put fire in some shops for protest * USA: Democratic

@user-yx3wu8vt2w 3 года назад

you prefer the opposite ? Protestors in jail or poisoned like in russia or china ?

@moonagaming6068 3 года назад

@@user-yx3wu8vt2w do they? damn

@devjitmondal47 3 года назад

@@moonagaming6068 yes. India started putting its journalists in jail bcoz they criticize the govt

@anantissar4028 3 года назад

@@devjitmondal47 They were put in jail for spreading fake news during the pandemic for promoting vaccine hesitancy

@bringdaruckusss5408 3 года назад

@@anantissar4028 "fake news"

@LonelyLeliel 3 года назад

I really appreciate this channel. Thank you for the education and the news.

@TheRealFurBallz 3 года назад

TLDR: "america isn't the most democratic" America: "sounds like you need some freedom"

@turan2815 3 года назад

😂

@shansui9045 3 года назад

America: If you don't come to democracy then democracy is coming to you soon! 😉 Start the bombing

@stevegray1308 3 года назад

The USA will now bomb Scandanavia off the map so they move up 3 places.

@visorij3374 3 года назад

We aren’t even a democracy tho

@ArawnOfAnnwn 3 года назад

@@stevegray1308 There's plenty of other countries ahead of the US besides the Scandinavian ones. Sooo...WW3? xD

@tobyjones9141 3 года назад

As someone from Australia, I am in a country where mandatory voting is in effect, however it is important to highlight a misconception portrayed in this video and in general. Mandatory voting, at least in Australia, only requires you to show up to a polling place and get your name ticked off. Once you have done that you don't actually have to vote, you can just leave without even looking at the ballot, or just chuck it in without filling it in. Mandatory voting is a nudge that encourages people to participate rather than forcing them to pick one side or one party. If people are made to at least show up to a polling place, I can't see how that limits democracy in anyway.

@tessjuel 3 года назад

I think the EIU index takes this into account. Even with mandatory voting, it still lists Australia as the 9th most democratic country in the world (tied with the Netherlands)

@darthkitty6883 3 года назад

because they're forcing people to participate, that's not free

@tobyjones9141 3 года назад

@@darthkitty6883 and I suppose getting a license is limiting ur freedom of movement too right?

@tobyjones9141 3 года назад

@@darthkitty6883 also what about compulsory dury duty?

@darthkitty6883 3 года назад

@@tobyjones9141 whataboutism

@g.w.f.212 3 года назад

the funny thing is most of the democratic countries are constitutional monarchies

@spacepotato8961 3 года назад

In a two-party system like in the US (and btw many other countries), how can 330 million people be represented by just two parties? Not every issue has a yes and no answer. Shouldn’t there be a metric for how well the government represents the average individual’s opinion on a number of key issues?

@wizardsuth Год назад

Their political parties are moderately conservative (Democrats) and radically conservative bordering on fascism (Republicans). They have no party to the left of political centre, and no equivalent of a labour party or an environmental party.

@MrMM1007 Год назад

People forget we have primaries which decide among many variations of Democrats / Republicans. If we didn't have primaries, we'd have far more parties.

@MichaelWarman 3 года назад

Before watching this, I'm going to bet on it being a country in Scandanavia, because they tend to be near the top of most any index of how good it is to live there... Edit: I didn't expect them to run away with it quite so definitively...

@Luredreier 3 года назад

No idea how to reply to this without comming of as gloating... But yeah, Norwegians are politically active from a young age (if you ever heard about Anders Behring Breivik a significant number of his victims where politically active young adults and kids), there's multiple parties all with real political power, etc. Things are not perfect in any country, we certainly can't complain here.

@jamesmacleod9382 3 года назад

@@Luredreier I know, lately we can't complain here in Canada either unless we want to pay a fine for it. Like this weekend at City Hall

@mattsavigny6084 3 года назад

From bloodthirsty raping vikings to the most polite and democratic society. I have been asleep for a thousand years, can someone explain what happened in the middle?

@FailedAragorn 3 года назад

Just don't be from an unacceptable ethnicity in Denmark and you'll be fine.

@tessjuel 3 года назад

@@mattsavigny6084 "...can someone explain what happened in the middle?" Sure! We sent all the bloodthirsty raping vikings packing to Normandie, Sicily and Moscow. The Normandie lot lated moved across the waters to Britain. It's been quite peaceful here since then. Unfortunately it seems those ruffians have been causing quite a lot of trouble across the rest of the world. Terribly sorry about that but I hope and believe the worst is over now. We did also send a few test subjects over to America where the locals seemed to be able to handle them in a timely and terminal manner but unfortunately the shipping cost turned out to be too high for us to do it on a large scale.

@xeanderman6688 3 года назад

"France and Belgium" *Cries in Czech that's also 8*

@geekicusmaximusben9650 3 года назад

Belarus and most of the populated part of Russia. Still European.

@hoedjeexplains3661 3 года назад

Dont worry, I'm from Belgium, we will survive

@emielverwaeren5038 3 года назад

@@hoedjeexplains3661 i am from belgium to are you from flanders or wallon

@emielverwaeren5038 3 года назад

@@geekicusmaximusben9650 the aren't "real" european

@hoedjeexplains3661 3 года назад

@@emielverwaeren5038 Vlaanderen. Ik was alleszins niet verrast dat wij bij de minder democratische landen zitten

@Rextum Год назад

As a Finn this should make me happy. However I find it very sad - there are so many people in China or even Russia who deserve much more freedom, but are lead by dim-witted, simple-minded tyrants. I am left pondering whether a large nation can ever be that good to its citizens - when you have 100 million people, it is easier to sacrifice a million at war. When a country only has 5-10 million people, each citizen is that much more important to the leaders. So living in a small country is probably better than living in a large one?

@lukewilliams4782 11 месяцев назад

This is an interesting and insightful video, thank you for sharing it!

@100iqgaming 3 года назад

i love how america bangs on about freedom yet they are less free than most of europe

@late8641 3 года назад

A little ironic that the nation that advertises its freedom the most only ranks 61st in freedom.

@user-cx4xo4qb7x 3 года назад

Christian nationalism in the name of Secularism too

@shawnv123 3 года назад

@evolvedape3341 3 года назад

If it wasn’t for us, you wouldn’t be any part of freedom right now. You’re welcome.

@late8641 3 года назад

@@evolvedape3341 And where have you gotten that idea from?

@Synthetica9 3 года назад

America getting 10/10 on the first scale is a joke.

@fenrir9781 3 года назад

I agree

@jonasfelisilda5777 3 года назад

At least you guys can choose your candidate.

@warren5037 3 года назад

@@jonasfelisilda5777 choose? LMAO, people only get to choose whatever the Democratic and Republican party present on the list. And they'll make damn sure you choose the "right" one

@Viewable11 3 года назад

@@jonasfelisilda5777 No, because the presidential candidates of both congressional parties are chosen by the same billionaire donors. Joe Biden said during his election campaign, "Under my presidency, nothing will fundamentally change." He and his vice Kamala Harris were enforced by donors who threatened the leadership of the Democratic party with withdrawing donations if Biden+Harris were not to become the candiates. The people of the US have absolutely no say in public policy, a study by Princeton university found.

@sevret313 3 года назад

@@jonasfelisilda5777 Not really. The electoral college chooses and if you're living in Puerto Rico, you don't get to vote for the president.

@fraserct533 3 года назад

I did your Democracy Survey & found it really hard to cut down to the 5 attributes required. 7 of that list would be my comfortable minimum - 5 forces you to cut out essential items.

@amacrad 2 года назад

It good to see my Uruguay ranking in the first places in most democracy indexes. I fully support mandatory voting, voting it is not only a fundamental right but also a civic obligation.

@lesliewaring5568 2 года назад

As an Uruguayan citizen, I am required to vote. Yesterday, November 28 2021, I voted in what I consider to be a frivolous election of purely administrative interest. I voted 1. to avoid the mandatory fine for not voting. 2. Because I could get a bit of exercise by walking to the polling place. I did, of course, emit a blank vote.

@lesliewaring5568 2 года назад

Interestingly, despite the obligatory nature of the vote, only 77% did so. In addition, almost 20% voted blank or spoiled their vote.

@LautaroTessi Год назад

@@lesliewaring5568 I'll never understand blank voting in countries where two things happen: 1) only valid votes are counted (e.g. in a 20% blank / 35% candidate A / 45% candidate B, candidate B wins by absolute -not simple - majority). 2) politicians aren't affected, not politically, nor morally by blank votes. Blank votes seem to me just useful for the conciousness of the blank-voters.

@paulwilson2651 Год назад

No it isn't people have to have something worth voting for. The UK certainly doesn't.

@bunzeebear2973 Год назад

@@lesliewaring5568 By submitting a blank vote you are essentially saying "I am happy with the government as it is." but not make their power STRONGER. Meaning, they have had to make concessions to pass bills through past the opposition party. Sometimes they win and sometimes they don't. So, they are "barely" functional. THAT is "Barely" a government.

@GRegBellay 3 года назад

At first glimpse I read most dramatic country. Would have been a very interesting watch XD

@waltervanbrunchem2462 3 года назад

Who do you think would win?

@doobie6971 3 года назад

@@waltervanbrunchem2462 definitely America dude, literally the whole world watches their elections and its usually surrounded by some sort of controversy.

@OHYS 3 года назад

Brazilians are extremely dramatic people.

@alexpotts6520 3 года назад

@@waltervanbrunchem2462 My shout would be Israel. Endless political wrangling with elections happening every few months, there are wars going on just over the border as well as some serious sub-war conflict within the region, and its very existence (as well as that of Palestine) of course, has been fully absorbed into the culture war that us westerners are now part of whether we like it or not.

@oitubeman1019 3 года назад

Bruh

@user-fje4ztx46no86 3 года назад

one word: lobbying. should be considered undemocratic, since its not the will of the people, but of the people with deep pockets. the amount of "bribes" and the transparency of it should be included if you want a more accurate measurement. just my 2 cents. (pun intended)

@MrKbonez 3 года назад

Meh. People with deep pockets are still people, regardless of your covetousness.

@CMN1105 3 года назад

@@MrKbonez however those people can influence the government more so it does make more sense to include lobbying

@MrKbonez 3 года назад

@@CMN1105 Anyone *can* influence government. Drawing a line between rich people and poor people just smacks of jealousy and hypocrisy. If you had billions of dollars you would use them as you see fit, same as anyone else. Stop playing victims all the time ffs

@SaSha-hb5rq 3 года назад

But to get all those lobbying money you have to win the crowd's heart first.

@MrKbonez 3 года назад

@@SaSha-hb5rq Not always. You only have to win the right hearts, the ones owned by the people with money to donate.

@devaldyjonathan 3 года назад

is there a running google form survey? i want to contribute as Indonesian

@brandonm949 3 года назад

I also recommend the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Liberal Democracy Index, which names Denmark as the 2020 champion of democracy. They have a huge dataset with all the parts used in the index, and it goes all the way back to 1789. Very fun if you like data.

@MDP1702 3 года назад

I wanted to participate in the survey, but the criteria are too limited. By only allowing 5 options, you need to choose between major things that are all very important

@paranoidrodent 3 года назад

Agreed. My immediate thought was that a country with only 5 of these things is a lousy democracy.

@dominickskinner407 3 года назад

I also immediately clicked back when I saw 'choose only 5'

@RobinKoenig1917 3 года назад

That's the point though.

@Dutchguy.94 3 года назад

yeah, I backed out, because with only five answers the data would seem insufficient or biased towards an incomplete definition.

@ronaldderooij1774 3 года назад

Limiting the choice is the point of the method. A well-known method of choosing elements that are most important.

@joshuaghozeil8061 3 года назад

"America says its the best" (In a bad Rick Sanchez impression): "they are the writers of there own press release"

@iCrapBubbles 3 года назад

Let's be honest, America likes to say it's the best at a lot of things and consistently falls short.

@vivalarazausarmyvet4453 3 года назад

We'd be a more advanced country if the republican party didn't hate American democracy so much.

@visorij3374 3 года назад

@@iCrapBubbles doesn’t matter we are the only world superpower

@31ll087 3 года назад

@@visorij3374 China: Hold my beer.

@iCrapBubbles 3 года назад

@@visorij3374 Enjoy working over 40 hours a week for that American dream that you'll never get.

@zel3888 3 года назад

On mandatory voting: People can still not vote - in Australia, all that is required to avoid a fine for not voting is to turn up at the poll booth and get your name ticked off. They then hand you the ballot paper. You can do whatever you want after that point - walk right out without voting, spoil the ballot, write profanity on it - whatever.

@ethan5719 3 года назад

Just to point it out, in the description it's listed as polity V rather than polity IV

@Jordan-tx6kv 3 года назад

I’d see mandatory voting as more democratic, as long as it gives an option on the ballot to abstain, purely as it stops the far worse anti-democratic alternative which is voter suppression.

@coasterblocks3420 Год назад

It does. It’s called a blank or a spoiled ballot.

@theresasimpson6121 Год назад

@@coasterblocks3420 having overseen many vote counts here in Australia the number of informal/ invalid votes are not as high as you might think. Most are due misunderstanding of the preferential voting system i.e. not filling numbers against all the candidates.

@barnowl5774 Год назад

@@coasterblocks3420 or 'donkey vote'

@crackers562 Год назад

Mandatory voting in Australia comes down to having your name marked off the role at the voting center... you don't have to make a valid vote. However if you are there you might as well do it properly.

@pipster1891 Год назад

You don't have to have an abstain option. Just don't make a choice on the paper.

@groooah 3 года назад

And in Germany, people act like their stuck in a dictatorship. Despite the fact that most restrictions by the government have been overthrown by our judicative if they were preceived to be too infringing on our rights.

@darthcalanil5333 3 года назад

this is literally the most perfect way of describing the germans' relationship with their government XD

@yj9032 3 года назад

If you don’t like it here then why don’t you leave?

@malikrahim421 3 года назад

Ja wir Deutschen sind bekloppt

@groooah 3 года назад

@@yj9032 Don’t get me wrong, I love Germany and I generally like it’s People, but some are really going overboard.

@DarkHarlequin 3 года назад

It's a common psychological concept: everything you are used to (rights, propperty, wealth) is yours by right and you should have it / you earned this. Circumstances how it came to be or its effects are secondary. Classic case for the 'das darf man ja nicht mehr sagen...' arguments. You are used to being able to do or say something without resistance or repercussions thus now having to be accountable for it, feels like opression / something that's your being taken away.

@user-iz3kx4mw7z 3 года назад

I think you should revaluate Greece. Most of the press outside Greece they called us Bananania which means being run of the same family every time.

@Perririri 3 года назад

Kick Turkey and "North Macedonia" out of NATO! Their Democracy Index score is lower than Greece!

@zerotooldl6640 3 года назад

It's amazing that these countries with "democracy" or "people" in their name tend to rank low😂

@vladniculae6114 3 года назад

4:58 "As does Romania" with a little less enthusiasm than any other sentence in the clip haha (EDIT: typo) (2nd EDIT: I'm Romanian fyi)

@escapefr0mslender 3 года назад

So lmao why does it matter

@vladniculae6114 3 года назад

@@escapefr0mslender it doesn't but I couldn't help but notice (also entirely subjective)

@robertabella1806 3 года назад

@@vladniculae6114 the US actually lost a few points because of Trump but should get them back this year

@Danilium 3 года назад

@@robertabella1806 nope. You have new voting restriction laws from certain States that reduce democratic participation.

@brandonbridge371 3 года назад

It's to insult the USA.

@generrosity 3 года назад

Kiwi here. We have "required voting registration", no requirement to actually vote. Very interesting results!

@michaelpapadopoulos6054 3 года назад

I am pretty sure we don't have voting registration. The state already knows who you are. You just go to your voting center and vote. No need for registration.

@louiselol4843 3 года назад

@@michaelpapadopoulos6054 people just wanna spread misinformation like

@michaelpapadopoulos6054 3 года назад

@@louiselol4843 what?????

@kieranbrady1240 3 года назад

@@michaelpapadopoulos6054 we do you are required to register with the electoral commission in order to vote, you should stop spreading misinformation

@michaelpapadopoulos6054 3 года назад

@@kieranbrady1240 I am not spreading misinformation. I am just not an American. I guess I should have mentioned it but I am talking about the Greek state.

@AaronMcHale 3 года назад

I wonder how the electoral systems of each country factor in, for instance Switzerland is one of a few countries who uses direct democracy, so in theory that could be seen more democratic as the commonly used parliamentary democracy.

@jascrandom9855 3 года назад

It's the only country that is a direct democracy.

@MohamedMohamed-rg5cf 2 года назад

The smallest democracy is Somaliland particularly in turbulent region.it has fulfilled and meets all the democratic requirements and credentials in the silver book of democracy.it deserves to get all the rewards that comes with this practicality and particularly must be supported to all Western countries which claim to be the champions of democracy.

@BismarckDerOtto 3 года назад

if your country has less points than north korea, you got a problem

@WanderTheNomad 3 года назад

There are no problems in Ba Sing Se.

@mnkybndit 3 года назад

They get top marks for voter turnouts :D

@DungeonMarshal 3 года назад

They won't see this comment tho...

@shivanshusingh8376 3 года назад

Bhutan has got less points than NK but their people are happy with a Monarchy unlike in NK

@benghazi4216 3 года назад

@@shivanshusingh8376 Bhutan? What, they got 61 points. NK got 3 points. I think you think of Tibet, which got 1 point, and they are under the boot of authoritarian China.

@sandponics 3 года назад

In Australia, voting is not mandatory, although showing up at a nominated voting place and getting your attendance at that place recorded in the formal register is mandatory.

@chrisgurney2467 3 года назад

Don't forget we can get a sausage too

@chrisgurney2467 3 года назад

@@scotttild The Government already has the information, in fact there is less information on the Electoral Roll than the government gets from your bank or the census.

@qtheplatypus 3 года назад

@@chrisgurney2467 or having a drivers licence.

@jerrymyphone5849 Год назад

How can the U.k. be considered democratic if it has any unelected house of Lords? And keeps denying the Scottish people a referendum on independence 😡

@pbasswil 3 года назад

Like most attempts to understand complex matters, this topic is an exercise in representing murky grey situations (the politics of countries), in terms of simpler, higher contrast 'facts' (I.e., a score on that 1 to 10 scale). We know that the idea "The Will of the People" is an abstraction that can never even be described, let alone represented. And the more varied and/or divided a population is, the more that idea devolves to being merely a nominal average. Also, the less we like our own current government administration, the harder it is for us to gauge the 'democratic-ness' of our country's political system. Cuz then it feels like our own will is being thwarted by wrong-thinking politicians - "What a flawed system!"

@jacobhockman4224 3 года назад

For the question about "is mandatory voting more democratic?" I would say no because making no decision is still a decision. Plus have the freedom of chosing is more democratic than not.

@jaynemeulman8484 Год назад

Actually mandatory voting tends to mean that minorities are better represented. Plus it's important to remember the responsibilities of democracy not just the rights.

@hamish241 3 года назад

By far my favorite TLDR channel. Congrats on 100k guys!

@ethanschwarz348 3 года назад

0:24 As an australian living in america i think this every day when i hear about politics

@budomk9299 3 года назад

I think the same too as a Canadian

@flappetyflippers 3 года назад

I feel the same as a Brit.

@dustinheath4407 3 года назад

Most people I know think WE the people are the best not our government. Our ancestors (mine at least) were anti state colonist and that's our history. Another thing is America is a Democratic Republic not a Democracy, big difference.

@kwd3109 3 года назад

Aussie, sorry you don't like it here. Please go home. Brit, sorry you feel the same. Please stay home. Canada, we honestly don't care what you think.

@dustinheath4407 3 года назад

@@kwd3109 Canadians get arrested for posting meme, not sure they have a dog in this fight

@fatalshore5068 3 года назад

Have not watched yet, but I am gunna go with Switzerland, they have a good system.

@kasperkjrsgaard1447 3 года назад

If you’re rich yes. If not, then you’re fucked.

@Strongpoint100 Год назад

@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 You can vote no matter your income in switzerland

@LILLYB8328 Год назад

Before watching the video, Switzerland comes to mind. They hold referenda instead of forcing unwanted legislation onto the people like other countries do.

@infernox1099 3 года назад

"South Africa scored 75" Graphic says 79

@LukeOBrien92 3 года назад

Did the same thing with Ireland video says 94 when we actually scored 97

@fullmetaltheorist 3 года назад

I was kinda shocked. If we're a 79, I wonder how things are in other countries.

@s.m2895 3 года назад

eSwatini s coloured in for 79 lmao

@paulkennedy8701 3 года назад

@@s.m2895 Swaziland and Lesotho both disappeared when South Africa got colored in. At least Lesotho reappeared when the number disappeared afterwards.

@Perririri 3 года назад

The irony of post-apartheid South Africa having a lower score than apartheid Israel!

@karlhuttl6622 2 года назад

Whoa! That survey was well more then it advertised. Had me critically thinking on account of only !5! choices. " why cant it be eight?", " how do you measure in five limited options, the full scope of true democracy. I really wanted to lean on direct referendum but in a Swiss way, not Brit way. Would have been nice to have a second vote, like in Germany, then you have a least the opportunity to cover all the bases. Long story short: It was enlightening to take the survey and I'm very interested in seeing the results.

@Plasma_Mobile 3 года назад

The UK has a score of 93 now. It's dropping as it tries to be like the proud USA. (In small and not that sagnificant). Is this the right strategy?

@wealthelife 3 года назад

Mandatory voting is a misnomer. Here in Oz we have 'mandatory voting' but it means that you are supposed to participate (i.e. attend a voting place and get your name ticked off) but that does not mean you have to vote. You are perfectly able to not tick any boxes on the voting form, fill it in randomly, write a rude message on it instead of casting a valid vote, or even just crumple up the voting form and chuck it in the bin as you walk out (not a good idea, as theoretically someone could fish your blank voting form out of the bin, fill it in, and put it into the voting box). So, mandatory voting increases participation of eligible voters (surely a good thing), but does NOT force you to cast an actual vote if you don't want to (although personally I can't see the point of not casting a vote for whoever you think is the least worst candidate, even if you don't think any of the candidates are worth electing).

@Deltasource 3 года назад

Yeah exactly I don’t understand the idea of going there all bad I won’t vote at all. Because just pick the lesser of two evils, it’s not like your any less to blame if you didn’t vote for someone

@transcrobesproject3625 3 года назад

Oz definitely has this one right (and I grew up in NZ so this is hard for me to say ;) ). I don't know what the situation is there but in many countries they don't publish voided vote numbers, which I think everyone should. You have to go and put something on a ballot, but that should be able to be "@#£& off", and "@#£& off"s should be counted. Why? It sends a clear message about how happy the people are with the options they are presented with, meaning alternatives have a better idea about what the chances are

@wealthelife 3 года назад

@@transcrobesproject3625 www.aec.gov.au/Voting/Informal_Voting/survey/nsw/index.htm lists both #/% of informal votes, and which ones mistakes vs 'slogans' etc

@transcrobesproject3625 3 года назад

@@wealthelife and you have "Honest Government" too... But also Pauline Hanson, and lots of climate deniers. No place is perfect!

@juanvilas5341 3 года назад

In Uruguay we have it and we are fine with it sense it makes the parties think about everything and everyone deradiaclising them and making them more reseptive because if they do something bad goodbye Also yeah you can vote blank or annulled. We do it this way since we understand that the right to vote and that everyone votes guarantees the rest of freedoms.

@Danilium 3 года назад

Just a note coming from a country with mandatory voting: you have three options for deciding not to vote: the first is obviously to pay a fine (which may be exempted by many reasons), the second is to nullify your vote (void the ballot or adding something weird in the ballot [yeah, whatever you are thinking, has happened]), and the third is to leave the ballot clean (no vote). That happens because we have a concept of voting as being a right and a duty of the citizen, rather than a privilege.

@nicolasinvernizzi6140 3 года назад

i agree, democracy is a responsability not a right. "voting" is the right, but if you dont take care of your democracy you will soon end up in a dictatorship or something that mask itself as democracy. here in Uruguay most people properly vote each election and the 3 to 6 percent that votes blank fluctuates every election.

@ssjcrafter8842 Год назад

by "what you're thinking has happened" you mean someone wrote a message of appreciation to the people counting, right? ...right?

@patrickwalker4159 Год назад

@@ssjcrafter8842 🍆🍆🍆

@patrickcorliss8878 Год назад

I'm Australian. There is another option which some people I know have taken and that is to avoid being registered to vote. If you are not on the electoral roll, they can't fine you for not voting. I'd be interested in the statistical difference between the census and the electoral roll. Prisoners don''t get to vote most of the time.

@Danilium Год назад

@@ssjcrafter8842 yeah, don't ask what the ink was...

@Athuall 3 года назад

*ERROR* 5:02 the Audio says South Africa scored 75. The graphic shows they scored 79.

@Steven-tn1qr Год назад

I believe Switzerland should be higher as they have many democratic tools other highly democratic countries don't. For instance popular initiatives and referendums

@justalex3828 3 года назад

My country (Indonesia) still have a lot to do.. especially on the matter of social equality and corruption

@prateekrajjoshi4048 3 года назад

Can I ask what do you use for the video? The software? Its is really clean, yet smooth and informative.

@butlazgazempropan-butan11k87 Год назад

As my history teacher said: Too much democracy is anarchy

@kfhroe8262 3 года назад

Not voting is not a RIGHT of the voter. It's a choice, but not a right. Like killing or not killing your neighbour. You can choose to do it or not, but it is not a right. The government can or cannot force you to vote, but if it does doesn't deprive you of a right. Like walking. It is not a right. If the government decides you cannot walk in the middle of the streets or in Buckingham Palace it is not taking one of your rights.

@DarkHarlequin 3 года назад

Bit of criticism for the survey why it's hard to really take for me: 'Choose 5' options will make the results next to impossible to interpret. For example let's say the option 'indipendant justice system' is not in my top 5 answers because I find 5 other points more important. Now you have no idea if I don't value an indipendant justice system at all or whether I find it very important just 5 other issues even more important. A point might be on spot 6 for ally our viewers, meaning your community values it as maybe THE most consistant criteria to democracy overall but in this system it doesn't show up at all. Rather put a likert scale (1-5 or 1-10 agreement) on each one and let us chose up to 5 we want to weight more heavily.

@darthplagueis13 3 года назад

The thing about mandatory voting is that it usually doesn't force you to actually cast a vote, just to register at the voting box. You can still totally decide to not vote once you are there. And there is an argument to be made as to why it's a good idea. Have you seen the voting suppression laws that some US states have been implementing? They are supposed to make it more inconvenient to vote, by limiting the times and places at which you can cast your vote. But if you have a straight-up duty to show up there during voting hours, then there's not much (aside from very pressing personal issues) that can really justify keeping you away from there. For instance, if the voting times line up with your work hours, then your employer is gonna have to give you the day (or at least a few hours) off so you can go vote. People still aren't actually forced to vote, but it becomes a lot more difficult to stop them from voting.

@Joey-ct8bm Год назад

You can get a fine for not voting.

@annominous826 9 месяцев назад

@@Joey-ct8bm But not for submitting a blank ballot, which is also not voting.

@papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446 3 года назад

Are you a Democracy ? India🇮🇳 : Yesn't

@RoRZoro 3 года назад

YES.

@navydynamite656 3 года назад

Well yes but actually no

@RoRZoro 3 года назад

@@navydynamite656 Well yeas but actually also yes.

@kaydenchan7093 3 года назад

It’s called a “Flawed Democracy”

@RoRZoro 3 года назад

@@kaydenchan7093 How is it " flawed democracy"?

@micaprazak4688 Год назад

Has the response to the TLDR Democracy Index shown any results?

@gregessex1851 3 года назад

In Australia it is not compulsory to vote. You are required to attend a polling station and have your name marked off the electoral roll unless you have a valid reason not to. You are not forced to vote. A purists might see this as draconian, but when you see the voter suppression that is currently destroying fair and free elections in the US, I would take compulsory voting any day of the week. One of the many positives is that the independent Australian Electoral Commission really goes out of it's way to ensure that voting is very easy for all citizens no matter what their circumstance.

@alexpotts6520 3 года назад

That's a real false dichotomy, though. You don't have to have either voter suppression or compulsory voting. Most western democracies have neither.

@AdamFitton 3 года назад

@@alexpotts6520 Its not a false dichotomy at all. But mandatory voting creates a check on the government to reduce voter disenfranchisement.

@jake3736 3 года назад

How is requiring IDs to vote voter suppression?

@alexpotts6520 3 года назад

@@AdamFitton And what's stopping an unscrupulous government overturning a compulsory voting law?

@AdamFitton 3 года назад

@@jake3736 Because not everyone has ID, or can easily get IDs. Where I am in the UK it is around 25%. So it creates additional steps (and costs) that act as a barrier which will prevent people from voting. Typically these are people who are from lower socio-economic standing.

@tessjuel 3 года назад

I'm suprised you only mentioned the EIU Democracy index in passing since it seems to be the most commonly referred too and also the most comprehensive.

@Athuall 3 года назад

*ERROR* Audio: "Based on data from 2015" @3:44 Graph Title 1946-2013 Circle highlights (C) 2014 So presumably data was collated for the period 1946-2013 and produced in 2014 (hence the (C) 2014)...2015 is only there for completeness of the Axis which goes up in 5 year increments.

@jeddcrilly4024 Год назад

A point on Australia's mandatory voting. It actually also forces our government to provide easily accessible voting to the whole nation, otherwise they cannot apply the penalty (which is only $50AUD or about 25 pound). As a result we have a hugely high number of polling stations, they're all accessible, and there's usually a gold coin donation barbecue and refreshments available at 90% of them. I think the longest I've ever had to wait to vote was 20 minutes. I understand the anger at being to forced to vote if its the ordeal I hear about in some places in the US. But here its always easy, so it's really not a big deal.

@jeddcrilly4024 Год назад

Just realised gold coins aren't a thing everywhere. American translation: $1 or $2 for a hotdog and a can of soda.

@brushe8025 Год назад

Well we aren't forced to vote . Only to show up get our name ticked off and be given a ballot you can still donkey vote ie not fill out the ballot ,before dropping it I'm the box.

@leandrobalino475 3 года назад

We have mandatory voting here in Uruguay. Just to clear something up, people ar still free not to vote for anyone, you just put in an empty envelope. Besides that the mandatory voting is a thing because it grantees the right to vote for everyone. It means you know how meany people are going to vote and were form the start so you can plan accordingly. That's why despite our elections being done on paper and counted by hand, we still manage to do it all in one day and have the results that night, unless it's extremely close like the last election (less than 3.000 votes). And because it's mandatory, it's done on a Sunday and voting usually takes only 15 minutes. You also won't ever see the sort of stuff that's going on in the US right now.

@CzornyLisek 3 года назад

I mean pretty much same thing in Poland and we dont have mandatory voting. Its simply a matter of organisation and lack of corruption in voting.

@Xektt 3 года назад

What are the main reasons COVID infections have increased exponentially in Uruguay?

@christianthemtlfan4170 3 года назад

You are so amazing. It is so fun when you let us participate in your videos through surveys 😃

@mikkolukas 2 года назад

5:01 The speak is saying "75", while the graphic shows "79". The graphic is the correct one.

@tszirmay 3 года назад

Why is Switzerland not #1 , as it has a semi-direct democracy whereby each citizen VOTES in a referendum to decide which policies the government should apply?

@romarbetc123 3 года назад

You acknowledged Taiwan, Tibet and Hong Kong as their own counties. Hats of to you. 👏 I would sub again but I already am.

@giantWario 3 года назад

Technically he didn't, the Freedom House did. He's just reporting their findings. The Freedom House list is definitely worth an in-depth read by the way. It's a much better measure of democracy than Polity IMO.

@RaharijaoDavid 3 года назад

@@giantWario he wouldnt have mentioned them on their own if he didnt

@Enoch916 3 года назад

They are countries, just not sovereign-countries. Except Taiwan of course

@Enoch916 3 года назад

@@autumn64fromdeltarunechapter3 I support Tibetan and HK independence, what gave u the idea I’m a Chinese supporter? lol

@renatoe9648 3 года назад

not really it comes from Freedom house and their list specifies they are territories along with places like Crimea and Somaliland

@crappydruigan6452 3 года назад

Sweden, Norway and Finland be chilling in the north with 100 score

@late8641 3 года назад

Greetings from Finland, which is also the happiest country now for the 4th year in a row.

@crappydruigan6452 3 года назад

@@late8641 congrats on 4 years

@Finkers1988 3 года назад

As a Dutch man, I am jealous of the +2 you guys have! We'll get you next time!

@martijnrademaker143 3 года назад

@@Finkers1988 als we finland nou binnenvallen? Dan worden we 1e

@millevenon5853 3 года назад

@@late8641 how does it feel living in civilised Finland?

@MofMCR 3 года назад

Yes to mandatory voting but with an abstention option or 'None of the above.' Democracy should not only be a personal right, but a responsibility to uphold.

@jennytmaher Год назад

All politicians are fully aware that a blank ballot means "None of the above".

@Edward4Plantagenet Год назад

India always stands out. From history, culture, civilization, society, economy, food... India is exception to almost everything.

@pxrplehairgirl5030 Год назад

lack of freedom...danger,underdevelopment,no roads..

@kathrynperry992 Год назад

@@pxrplehairgirl5030 Mo democracy or equality for women. No civil rights for all demographics. . No welfare. 3rd World health care. Poverty, violence, the caste system, the untouchables. Keep telling us how great India is😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@sudarshanjha6737 Год назад

@@pxrplehairgirl5030 😂😂

@nitinmeena8416 Год назад

@@pxrplehairgirl5030 what century are you living in bhhite toddler? Still having the racist image of India? consume less biased media if possible. also, for your kind information India is ranked 2nd in road network size after U.S.(3rd is china) .

@nitinmeena8416 Год назад

@@sudarshanjha6737 kya hua? ma cchhhod g0ya kya teri koi? Itna kyu has raha hai?

@Lillith. 3 года назад

That survey is difficult. I got it down to 6, but can't really choose what the last one to go should be. Surveys are not supposed to be that hard.

@vyfcgrd998 3 года назад

On the survey, you could only select 5 options. I don't know if that was intentional

@user-ki1ey2te7l Год назад

There is no link to a survey in description

@RLee-zs1ds 3 года назад

Limiting the length of terms for politicians would allow more 'people' to participate in the governing, rather than having 'career politicians'. Warren Buffet once said that the deficit could be eliminated very quickly, by doing the following....If any government runs a deficit, no person serving in that government would be allowed to run for office again". These are wise words.

@J58LRJ 3 года назад

I'm sure this wasn't intentional, but the shades of red and green you use in this video (e.g. at 3:09) are quite hard for colourblind people to distinguish, if it wasn't for the narration specifying which scores were negative I would have been very confused!

@SwissSareth 3 года назад

The fact that we're discussing democracy without even looking at the power vested IN THE PEOPLE is an indicator of the sorry state of democracy in the world.

@thenonexistinghero 3 года назад

Honestly though, real democracy just doesn't work. They've brainwashed most people in the west to think that it's the only right, correct and working system... but that simply isn't true. Honestly, I couldn't care less if my country was a democracy or not. If my government was trying to improve the quality of life for everyone in the country, then having the ability influence who rules over you or not doesn't even matter. But I do have a problem with the pretend-democracies we have where we have been rapidly losing freedoms and privacy for a while already, long before the pandemic was a thing.

@keithtonkin6959 Год назад

What about electoral systems and how they contribute to the democracy score and how easy or difficult it is for a country to make changes (and who controls that process)? When I look at the US system where 5 presidents have been elected on a minority it doesn't seem like democracy at all.

@peterernst1 3 года назад

what about freedom of press index by reporters without borders, and that the country has an MMP voting system? i dont think that the US voting system is democratic as the system naturally will bring a 2 party system by strategic voting.while MMP embraces strategic voting. all indexes however seem to agree though that countries on the scandinavian peninsula are the most democratic :/ they also form compared to germany more minority governments, meaning there are more public parliament discussions to persuade small parties, that are not held like in germany in backdoor rooms. but this is also only possible since their parliament size is small. yet each representative needs only a small amount of votes to be sent to parliament. German parliament is constantly growing.

@Aarontlondon 3 года назад

When were these findings determined? I don’t see how the UK scores 10 in the study, when they elect by first past the post, and they have an unelected chamber (The House of Lords).

@trent6319 3 года назад

And although she doesn't use it the queen has many powers she or her decendents could use to curb democracy

@Aarontlondon 3 года назад

@@trent6319 Exactly

@godlovesyou1995 3 года назад

First past the post ensures that after a win, the most people are happy. Isnt that democratic?

@trent6319 3 года назад

@@godlovesyou1995 the house of Lords isn't elected they get decided by a bunch of undemocratic means then secret for life. Jay Foreman does a entertaining video about it.

@Aarontlondon 3 года назад

@@godlovesyou1995 No. First past the post is designed to keep parties in power, by enabling them to win all power with a minority of the electorate voting for them. That is NOT democracy, and that's why the only other country in Europe to have FPTP is the last remaining dictatorship, Belarus. True democracies have voting systems where EVERY vote counts.

@LRaide 3 года назад

Filling the survey's the best way to show how complex the topic is... Damn hard to pick only 5 of the options in the survey

@goldminer754 3 года назад

I would rather say that it is just a bad survey. There are more than 5 that I think are a must have for a system to be called democratic.

@cleverhamster182 3 года назад

Simple. It's Switzerland. It's a direct democracy and nothing can probably be more democratic than that. 🇨🇭

@cleverhamster182 3 года назад

@@TwsWithSai247 Switzerland is one of the least corrupt countries in the world. Yes, there are things that stand out like the banking industry and party financing but this is quite irrelevant with regard to the democracy itself as the political power is highly decentralized. Also, I'm not Swiss, I just have great respect for many things this country possess.

@jbarnard2000 3 года назад

With the voting thing wouldn’t mandatory voting be inforceable by having an option to abstain from voting. So then everyone votes but can still choose not to pick any party and would give politicians any statistics on those abstaining

@andrewwilliams7390 3 года назад

That survey was very conflicting making us choose only five was incredibly difficult i had to settle for the options that ultimately insured the branches of government were balanced and universal suffrage. Hopefully a strong legal system can protect the rights of citizens as plenty of those options relating to that I had to drop.

@derjagerhalt3281 3 года назад

Why can you only chose 5 options in the survey? I think that this is extremely limiting

@abhinavbanerjee8797 3 года назад

The fact that this video doesn't have millions and millions of views is tragic to me. People aren't making themselves aware of what matters a lot.

@thephantomofyoutube7346 2 года назад

5:39 There is no country called Tibet, you may be referring to Bhutan but why is Bhutan so low, I mean it is Authoritarian but it has a somewhat functioning Democratic system with multiple parties it must atleast be higher than China and Iran but idk...

@LordDim1 3 года назад

I have to say, I e never heard of the polity IV test, and it seems very simplistic. I’ve heard The Economists’ Democracy Index cited much more, and it’s a much more nuanced list

@ostairs9916 3 года назад

Me too

@kevinstruke1031 3 года назад

@@ostairs9916 Me three.

@sion8 3 года назад

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@giansideros 3 года назад

The UK had at least one election in my grandmother's lifetime where the winner had won less votes than the runner up (when Atlee lost to Churchill) and even then we haven't had a government lead with a majority popular mandate (ie greater than 50 percent vote share) since 1935 excluding the Lib Dem coalition. First past the post, gerrymandering, Thursday voting instead of 48 hour weekend opportunities and convoluted voter registration, did they even score these? How can a rigged vote be appraised so high as though it's on par with the proportional systems found in Europe, I get this is not North Korea but it's not exactly fair or representative either.

@peterhansen5804 Год назад

Couldn't fill out the survey, because I don't want to use a Google account

@245194LAC Год назад

In Canada, I 'registered' my vote when there was no candidate for whom I wished to vote. None were acceptable. However, registration of a vote tells the powers that be exactly how Canadians don't vote. There is a registry where we show voters who showed up to vote who disagreed with the selected people running for office. Simple. Being forced to vote for a fool is not part of a Canadian mindset, but many do anyway. The system is not perfect, but at least it respects thinking people who recognise a fool when we see one and can say so in the registry. You can lobby all you like and talk to the politicians. However, the money of the pharmaceutical industries oil etc., will pay the politicians to do exactly as they are told or lose their seats. Money drives the government in the U.S. Always has done. If the U.S. was a true democracy, there would be more than two political parties.

@empereuraugustus2346 3 года назад

When you look at Switzerland, you notice that all the lost point come from national referendum... It means the people there voted for that and lost points xD

@CCCP_Again 3 года назад

As a Pakistani I give Pakistan a total score of -100 for civil liberties and -1000 for democracy 🤣

@darthplagueis13 3 года назад

Gonna be honest, I was a little surprised Pakistan scored higher than Turkey. But then again, the turkish democracy has worsened a lot in the past decade.

@CCCP_Again 3 года назад

@@darthplagueis13 because it is completely wrong. At least in turkey you have some personal liberties but in Pakistan due to the conservative society they literally don't let one breathe at one's will

@TawheedPromoter 3 года назад

More and more prooganda

@deliciousredmango 3 года назад

@@CCCP_Again can you please explain how with the help of an example? I'm curious

@CCCP_Again 3 года назад

@@deliciousredmango for example if you are any minority ethnic group or religion you are dead, if you want free speech you are dead, if you want to protest rape and injustice you are dead if you show dissent to government you are dead, if you are an unbiased journalist you are dead. Thankfully I don't fall into any of these categories So Im Alive😅😅

@itsjustme4848 2 года назад

How you define “democratic” makes all the difference. Is it only the voting system and voting participation? Is equality a major factor? Or is freedom more important? Or lack of corruption? Does equal opportunity makes a country more democratic? Or equal results? Is the freedom to say and do as you please more democratic? Or is protection from what others say and do more democratic?

@alvaropenen2118 3 года назад

I feel proud of my country Uruguay, because is well rated on both scores you mention.

@Xektt 3 года назад

What are the main reasons COVID infections have increased so much in Uruguay?

@alvaropenen2118 3 года назад

Almost no one where infected during the first wave, then only few people had defense against the virus In the other hand Argentina and Brazil borders can not be closed. These are some reason's