Key Takeaways
- Despite a historic election year in 2024, democracy continued to backslide as authoritarian regimes gained a stronger foothold around the world.
- In 2024, 15% of countries worldwide operated “full democracies” compared to nearly 36% that ran under authoritarian regimes.
- While Portugal, Estonia, and the Czech Republic upgraded into “full democracies”, France and South Korea were downgraded into “flawed democracies”.
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0 sats \ 15 replies \ @nullcount 11 Mar
I, for one, welcome the fall of democracies!
Imagine if every company were run as a democracy... instead of a corporate-ownership hierarchy.
They'd all be bankrupt, deep in debt, and shrinking in economic significance.
Pretty similar situation for the economies of "blue" regions in this map.
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0 sats \ 14 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 11 Mar
States/Countries aren’t companies—that comparison doesn’t really make sense to me. Democracy isn’t perfect, but I don’t know a better political system. Do you?
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0 sats \ 13 replies \ @nullcount 11 Mar
Benevolent dictators are pretty great!
Democracy doesn't really exist, every state is always "rule of the elite", no matter what system of gov they pretend to have. The system of gov just helps define what constitutes "an elite person" worthy of rule.
In a popularity contest (democracy) the "elite" is often the person who promises the most "free stuff".
In a corporate hierarchy, the elite tend to be those who have the greatest stake in the company.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullcount 11 Mar
Democracies also weigh heavy on the citizens. Think how much time/energy/and thought regular people put into politics.
Many would be much better off using that energy to improve their own lives thru engaging in commerce. Instead, people in democracies feel the need to "stay informed" even tho their influence is so small its irrelevant.
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0 sats \ 11 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 11 Mar
Democracy isn’t perfect, but I don’t know a better political system. Do you?
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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @nullcount 11 Mar
A dictatatorship where you are the dictator (soverign) or at least you agree with everything the dictator does.
That's a better system.
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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 11 Mar
Does it exist or has it been tested somewhere? It's not sarcasm!
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