Thailand is green even though it is ruled by a king but Vietnam is red.
How tf are Australia, Canada, Scotland, South Korea, Wales, Northern Ireland, and New Zealand full democracies? For want of a better word that unites them all, these are literally occupied territories.
Edit: typo.
The rigged measurement with the wrong coding of countries on the democracy index is that reason why they have conflicting evidence on whether “democracy” is better for economic development.
In The Netherlands our last 4 governments had to step down due to scandals only to be replaced by… the exact same president and government. Who are now doing dumb neolib shit again. Such a great functioning democracy.
How is Japan, who is led by the remnants of the fascist leaders, put in power by the US, more democratic than nearly all the rest of the world?
Based 13 hour work days and no worker rights, duh.
put in power by the US
That is the criteria, yes
