The biggest electoral year in history: Will democracy survive 2024? | DW News

2024 is the biggest electoral year in history, with people heading to the polls in dozens of countries. This is DW’s preview to the most consequential elections of 2024 across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas - and what they mean for the health and future of democracy. Correspondent Rosie Birchard speaks to DW experts on Taiwan, India, South Africa, Mexico, the EU and the US.
#elections #democracy #voting
Chapters:
00:00 A battle of the system: Democratization once seemed unstoppable - but now authoritarianism is on the rise. Will 2024 be the year democracy gets a vote of confidence, or eats itself alive?
02:08 The world votes: How does democracy work?
03:30 Taiwan: A win for democracy? A split vote in Taiwan won’t ease geopolitical pressure, but the elections themselves are part of the systemic struggle between autocracy and democracy.
05:17 India: Is majority rule enough? Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to secure a third term in office. But amid accusations of discrimination toward minorities, is gaining majority support good enough for good democracy?
11:30 Can South Africa revive its democratic dream? 2024 marks thirty years since the end of the racist apartheid regime in South Africa. Amid falling turnout and voter frustration, can a push to rejuvenate South African democracy work?
15:15 Mexico: Change for good? Mexico is set to get its first woman president in 2024. But amid allegations of backsliding under the outdoing leader, will this change help turn things around?
19:24 Will European democracy vote itself out of office? Hundreds of millions are eligible to vote in EU elections, but with the far right expected to make gains, will the bloc’s democracy be hamstrung by populist interests?
24:25 Will the US resign from democracy’s top job? Donald Trump is expected to make a comeback in the 2024 presidential race. Could a possible return imperil the future of democracy in the US and beyond?
29:35 Will democracy survive? Democracy stands on shaky ground in 2024. Is it still the right system for the challenges of this century?
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[@rahallivex]

DW quietly skipped Pakistan because they know it's not a democracy. 🤣🤣

[@DailyHacksAlpha]

they always skip one communitys peaceful contribution

[@Artrader_em8ko]

Also skipped Indonesia which elects this month. Because Islam plays a huge role in both these elections n the left wing media DW doesn’t want to mention it n get itself called Islamophobic! 😅😅 Scrutiny n majoritarianism is only reserved for other religions especially Hindus!

[@D_veraz]

Also skipped El Salvador

[@NerdsBane007]

They skipped Pakistan because they thought Pakistan was not as hopless as India, despite army's role and all. BJP is a cancer which has spread throughout India, this is why DW decided to call India out lol.

[@xoxo94]

@@Artrader_em8ko indonesia is a pretty insignificant and irrelevant country, and I don't blame them for not covering the election.

[@psnaris]

So, the biggest threat to democracy is democracy. Is that about right?

[@mongtkb]

it's "their democracy" not the democracy everyone that come to understand when the media and the Left refer to "our democracy," it's not the democracy that everyone understands of the word or system we agreed to live in

[@_ata_3]

No

[@Kingofthycastle]

/thread

[@benjamindover4337]

They just want you to vote in the correct way. And if you don't, then they must correct the counting.

[@cristinaximera9663]

You nailed it here!

[@KonaduKofi]

The video flew over most commentators heads. Its not about merely choosing the leaders of your choice. It's about choosing leaders who take away your choices.

[@ashutoshshirole8942]

The most sensible comment. This comment should be pinned. I see most right wingers getting pressed and commenting here, not able to handle criticism of their beloved autocrat leaders. On the other hand, the DW has covered both left and right wing governments taking control of the democracy. But the funny part it has gone over most brains of most of the right wingers. What DW is trying to say is the seperation of power must be maintained by any government, be it right or left. So that people will have the choice to raise their opinios and revolt or disagree with views and policies instead of getting suppressed.

[@filmanimate7558]

All liberal government take away more rights than none liberal

[@TiGGowich]

You mean like all the choices that I currently don't have because the current leaders are taking them away day by day? You are delusional

[@KonaduKofi]

@@RealEuropeanPatriot I will take you seriously when you balance and evaluate it against project 2025. Also, I don't know why you think I'm an American

[@HenyaGirl]

I think many people don't understand that Democracy is a Governmental system that offers a fair amount of freedom to most people. Voting for a party that is too far to the left or right will activate a type of Government that becomes restrictive to people's freedom.

[@dr.niranjan77]

I know Indian constitution in 1956 didn't adopt secularism, it was ammended in emergency by Indira Gandhi in 1976, not in 1947. Please checks the fact.

[@The_DASHER]

Ahh yes another brainwashed right wing i would like to remind you all the principals of securlism was from the start in the constitution it was just officially confirmed in 1976 india has always been and will always be Secular no matter how much whether you right wing like it or not

[@onetwokaafour]

DW is a 3rd rated channel. They don't care about truth as much as pushing a narrative.

[@xcog4087]

So? Secularism is a good thing? tf you mean

[@The_DASHER]

No it wasn't lol The Indian constitution Had many securlistic ideas wayy before then

[@onetwokaafour]

@@xcog4087 secularism is only good for abrahamic countries, not India. In India's case, secularism is obviously a disaster.

[@awesomegmg956]

In a nutshell: if you don't elect my way, you are not electing. If democracy results are not what I expected, it is not democracy.

[@binayakpurohit]

exactly what left and media thinks democracy works 😂. if only one ideology always wins then its not democracy it at all.

[@AnoopSingh-sq2po]

😂

[@thei2qshow399]

Avg indian liberal argument 😹

[@trashcantheretardman8459]

In a nutshell: if you vote for authoritarian right wing nuts that have no regard for democracy, you are not electing.

[@iExploder]

If you vote for someone who will literally end democracy, rather, not "if you don't elect my way". That's the point. Sorry it flew over your head.

[@ankushkhoda3146]

I am a Jain who are less than 1% in India and I have never in my life felt any threat in this country ever

[@stephenpaul7499]

You have a worldview centered around compassion. I can respect that even though I'm an atheist. In fact, you are pretty fantastic in my opinion ❤

[@meesalarajakhil6753]

Don't tell it loud DW will supress your voice.

[@odin3221]

jain are seen similar to higher caste hindus. so obviously you wont feel any

[@davidladjani108]

You're in the right minority, great for you

[@priyanshusinha508]

You are in danger in India but you don't know. This media outlet knows more about your security than yourself. You are not feeling the threat but you are in danger.

[@mohit__]

5:23 incorrect map

[@Prajna_Paramita.]

How? It shows the areas presently under Indian administration. First acquire the disputed regions...then claim

[@harmanbawa19]

China claimed so much land in last 10 years

[@trowawayacc]

Oh no someone did not draw borders right! 😂

[@keshavdwivedi5192]

​@@Prajna_Paramita. Then why dont they show crimea in similar way with those typical lines??

[@Prajna_Paramita.]

@@keshavdwivedi5192 Many Maps show Crimea with dotted lines...also many maps don't show it... This world is dominated by Western countries...and their POV

[@itsNirbhayPS]

8:05 Wrong information @DWNews India adopted the word Secularism in 1976 into the Indian Constitution.

[@Wack373]

India has had 75 years of peaceful power transitions. Just because Modi is loved by a sizeable population doesn’t make it “democratic backsliding”. There’s a right wing wave across the world. It’s no different in India.

[@LaughOutLoud9812]

True

[@nervnich9991]

Nobody said it is a problem that a large part of the population likes him. People were just addressing their concerns that for example journalist that writes critical articels are harrassed by the law enforcment agency or that to many position of power are occupied by modi people.

[@cccc2740]

​@@nervnich9991😂😂😂😂 almost entire English media in India is antimodi...where do you get your facts from

[@sameer-fk8oy]

Hate for modi turns into hate for Hindus and India

[@professorakiba434]

Then you do not understand the politics of India.

[@DarthQueefious]

I thought the BBC was biased...

[@Kingofthycastle]

welcome to germany

[@Andreas-gh6is]

biased towards democracy? Yeah, no kidding. The publicly financed media are firmly rooted in the German constitution and don't have any tolerance for views that go against democracy, human decency, human dignity, voting rights, freedom of the media.... So you really need to seek out private media if you want any of that...

[@DailyHacksAlpha]

every country is dangerous for west who are strong. so no particular political party should be strong that is they want

[@anal8394]

It's still better because they are directly controlled by the government, at least they are driven by people we clearly know

[@joeottoman6484]

Britain, US's close ally(or vassal whatever you say)vs Germany, a US colony.

[@worldofdoom995]

TLDR "If the corporations and bureaucrats don't get what they want then democracy is dead"

[@florindacastrejon245]

So I assume you don’t want free speech freedom etc?

[@worldofdoom995]

@@florindacastrejon245 no thats what they are after. They get whoever works for them and thats it for freedom of movement and speech and association

[@inbb510]

​@@florindacastrejon245, in practice, there is no such thing as free speech. It's just societally accepted speech which happens to be arbitrary agreed to be tolerable at that point in time.

[@florindacastrejon245]

@@inbb510 I don’t know if I should be concerned or just not shocked because free speech is the concept of you having your own opinion of someone or a culture etc but it seems the far right claims free speech is under attack while they try to infringe on the rights of others who have the right to their opinion and free speech as well the hypocrisy is ridiculous and you should learn to move on people like you take for granted what the western world has provided to you

[@FrankWhyte-sj3wc]

"didnt watch the video and still commenting". So how about watch it then ?

[@FelipeFV91]

“[The US] is the country in the world that stands for democracy more than anyone”. LMAO, let’s see what the whole of Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia have to say about that sentence.

[@grahamjones5400]

Legally USA is a republic and not a democracy, what's the difference? I got no idea, it's probably just semantics.

[@samueljayachandran2849]

Yea fair

[@MrNeilandio]

I say they are right

[@sontodosnarcos]

I am from Argentina and I agree with that statement.

[@riteshpandey814]

Is this channel independent?? No

[@ebi395]

I think its controlled by germen govt.

[@anal8394]

DW is not a state media, DW is part of the German media union which is affiliated with other media, It's clear that even though I'm not a German person who is anti-immigrant, I hope the Afd wins next year's election with the most votes

[@Artrader_em8ko]

Democracy means people choosing their leaders. Democracy doesn’t mean left wing staying in power forever!! For left, a democracy is only valid if left stays in power even if they are ignoring what the people want!

[@minalumathe9072]

Its literally paid for by the german people and it represents their political interests so half half it represents the centre left spectrum like most of the german people and yes the AfD is big but it doesn’t have more than 30% so it does represent most of the germans interests

[@importantsomeone153]

@@minalumathe9072 sino wahabi leftist lobby

[@rapidvelocity]

In India's case, the problem here is the opposition is only focused on stripping the BJP and Mr. Modi from the power and they'll do anything for that . The opposition alliance can't even decide their Candidate for PM, they are fighting over seat sharing . We have no hopes from the opposition For a strong democracy, we also need a strong opposition which clearly Congress lacks

[@vishnuvardhan3047]

😂😂😂 I do not understand how they will form INDI alliance when all the ideologies in their party is different? DMK- anti Hindu , anti Hindi TMC- anti Communist Communist- anti Congress and TMC, anti congress AAP- anti congress 😂😂😂

[@ABGURUKUL]

​@@vishnuvardhan3047 Just imagine that fear which forced them to be united 💀

[@karankrishnakanth]

​@@vishnuvardhan3047and the mastermind who created the alliances is a Chameleons😂😂😂😂🤣

[@TerryConspiracy420]

Did you know that there are over 2,000 recognized political Parties in India?@@vishnuvardhan3047 Better that, than any one Party system, and most two Party systems as well.

[@artman12]

@@vishnuvardhan3047JDU and TMC already left the Pappu alliance 😂😂😂

[@geeache1891]

"This makes elections more than a popularity contest".... if only the voters would be smart enough to realize the difference

[@trowawayacc]

If there is no justice there cannot exists democracy. If evil is allowed to prosper it will eventually seek to enshrine itself.

[@eurus7509]

I’m a Jain living in India, we are a community that is actually a minority and we don’t feel threatened at all. Why is it that this one special minority is given so much importance and seems to be threatened? What a joke as always , you guys truly are against Indian progress.

[@SUNNYDAY-if8yo]

Bro ur community is the best, I wish we had 200m jains instead of those mfs

[@harshitverma4543]

Because you're socially and legally seen as a part of the majority?

[@muysli.y1855]

Because your group don't get hate

[@muysli.y1855]

​@@SUNNYDAY-if8yo You just prove how DW is right about India

[@anishraj1143]

Foreign media's take on India's democracy is as insightful as reading a restaurant menu in a language you don't understand - lots of opinions, but zero comprehension

[@batrachian149]

Seethe harder

[@artman12]

@@batrachian149Cope harder when BJP wins in 2024 😂😂😂

[@pratiksuleforever]

​@@artman12ND in 2029 ND many more to come...😅

[@sahilsingh6048]

Pojeet

[@redpanda9141]

The opposition sleeps for 4 years and then sudden remembers there’s an election in a few months

[@babanagrahim5439]

When opposition wins in South Then election commission works but if they loose it suddenly questionable

[@MISHANARANG-ln8xr]

MODI IS NOT AN DEMOCRAT AFTER 2024 HE WILL BECOME ELECTED AUTOCRAT... ALREADY HE IS CRUSHED OPPOSITION SENT THEM TO JAILS..... MINORITY RIGHTS ARE GONE CASE.. 😢AND INFACT BEING HINDU BEING FROM GORAKHPUR UP... THE CHOTA FANTA STATE 😅I CAN SAY THE WORLD SHOULD SEE THIS MODU AS SOMETHING LIKE PUTIN AND DO SOMETHING ❤❤

[@torablack]

Personally I blame the Biden administration for this seeing as how they've shown weakness overseas while simultaneously trying to kick his political counterpart Trump off the ballot whether we the American people want that or not while calling Trump supporters a bunch of deplorables.

[@bangbangzz1]

​@@torablackbut kicking your opponent off the ballet or banning opposition political parties in Germany, thats democracy now apparently.

[@SaiKiran-fd3gq]

Yes,it also works in Bengal .Only rest it does not.

[@SaiKiran-fd3gq]

What makes Germany the one that decides who is a democracy?

[@priyansh4747]

If missing a point was a sport we would be gold medalist ☹️

[@AmitSingh-yg1zj]

Choose left - democracy wins Choose right - democracy losses

[@alexibm2477]

Not in the case of Mexico. The left in Mexico is the one who´s populist and outdated

[@jamespowell5608]

I believe that this video addressed both the left and right wings abusing democracy and using their democratically elected powers to make the nation they rule less democratic. I think you may be cherry picking what you are listening to? Because if you listened to the whole video you would have understood that thus channel was addressing both sides of the story. Ignorance is not a good trait.

[@samuelknight957]

@@jamespowell5608 "If Donald Trump is elected again it is very likely that he will destroy the United States as we know it."

[@BramZtm]

In Latin America the opposite is true....so I guess it all comes down to If our countries fit Western interests or not

[@larrythehedgehog]

​@@BramZtmthat's another part of this problem. America has done an amazing job fooling the world into thinking their the good guys while stomping everything south of them into dust. Even the people who made this video fell for it. 15:30 is a prime example. The way they worded it is complete bs.

[@alexbond1591]

Secular word was added to the constitution in 1977 during emergency with out much debate. The Deutsche Wllle India Editor is wrong on facts. India is secular because Hindus are in majority, not because it's written in its constitution by a dictator Indira Gandhi during Emergency.

[@anujsethi7845]

Lol Modi bhakts talking about dictatorship is like china talking about democracy😂😂

[@user-oh1bt3lx7y]

Bhakt should know that they don't need to defend Modi wherever they find a criticism. Chill out ,everything has different sides

[@mr.ganguly2624]

For your kind information, India was secular since its birth, Nehru tried to establish secular values in the government since his first day in the prime minister's office. The secularism was just officially declared by Indira Gandhi. Before that, India did not have any state religion and hence was secular. The Supreme Court has also said this in a verdict. But yes, it is true that India is secular because Hindus are in majority.

[@user-oh1bt3lx7y]

@@mr.ganguly2624 well said

[@Artrader_em8ko]

Democracy means people choosing their leaders. Democracy doesn’t mean left wing staying in power forever!! For left, a democracy is only valid if left stays in power even if they are ignoring what the people want!

[@y2h2y]

You guys really just omit out Indonesia where the world's 4th largest population is having a general election in less than 2 weeks?

[@kicauanpagi9685]

​@@lu544Neither do we care about yours.

[@_ata_3]

Good luck.

[@nvmtt1403]

i think you missed the point. they are pushing a specific agenda here.

[@_ata_3]

@@nvmtt1403 So I guess whats wrong with it is that it's not your specific agenda...🙄

[@alexrazmislevich7265]

This channel is about Russia and China so FO/

[@nitishpatil2257]

How can one believe that your reporting is unbiased?

[@Kalleosini]

ever since I was a child, over 20 years ago. I remember hearing and learning about the concept of "voting for the lesser of 2 evils" so how did that work for ya? maybe the third option of just rejecting evil leaders should have been considered decades ago.

[@uristmcary]

Don't be the unlucky 6 crew on the wrong boat.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Third option is not legal.

[@Kalleosini]

@@Willy_Tepes there is a simple solution to that problem

[@Willy_Tepes]

Nothing can be done without the people's support, so the solution is in fact words.@@Kalleosini

[@Kalleosini]

@@Willy_Tepesso true. but people prefer to buy into the words of people who don't care about them. so it's a bit moot isn't it.

[@krishnaats7141]

If leader of my choice isnt elected, then the democracy is in danger.

[@kaisankamal]

Unless if it’s narendra modi 🙊🙈🙉🤡

[@krishnaats7141]

@@kaisankamal BJP never cried about losing. They never cried about democracy in danger. Anyways, how come you are asking for democracy when your Dalla called it Haram? Modi is going to accept people's mandate win or loss. But guess who will not accept it, you, your ilk and thugbandhan of looters who are without power for 10 years.

[@saptarshisengupta8235]

​@@krishnaats7141 Yes look at how BJP reacted to being defeated in West Bengal. The entire IT cell was screaming on Twitter that WB will face a genocide is BJP loses. 😂

[@krishnaats7141]

@@saptarshisengupta8235 But did it not face genocide - More than 3000 people died, thousands of families were driven out into neighbouring Assam, women belonging to non TMC were raped and butchered. So BJP crying there when TMC killed off BJP workers and supporters was genuine cry for help.

[@The_DASHER]

​@@krishnaats7141 You are missing the whole point.The main point of a democracy is to have strong opposition even if you love bjp you should support for a strong opposition otherwise bjp will have no incentive.

[@RaviSharma-oj9gt]

What is this women even talking about ?? The government in India has no role in appointment of judges to the High court and Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has got to be the most powerful court in world going by the unlimited powers it has. The appointment process of the ELection commission has been same since independence. At least leave aside this lazy journalism.

[@essee3984]

Notice how she said "There have been ACCUSATIONS", "minorities FEEL threatened" haha, Her entire journalism is based on random accusations and perceptions from a bunch of people, but not facts. I can accuse NASA of lying to the world because I FEEL the earth is flat.

[@maiskaj6333]

@@essee3984 So if minorities FEEL threatened and there are ACCCUSATIONS are journalists not allowed to report on it? What is your angle here? Should we not talk about those because it doesn't suit you? Get a grip buddy.

[@essee3984]

@@maiskaj6333 What is the sample size ? Who are these minorities? Where are the facts and figures. Like I said, a lot of people on 2024 still feel Earth is flat doesnt mean its true.

[@kanira4355]

​@@maiskaj6333 You can report but report with facts. Either it shows your bias.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

​@@kanira4355 They did report facts. They tried to do something to this thing, here's how some people interpret it.

[@WorldNewWorld]

Many of the main democracies show severe democratic erosions.

[@X9xredgkoa]

It's funny how Reagan says "Across Europe the wall will fall" and later they pushed Russia out of this new common European home and enlarged NATO to it's borders. We fukd up

[@teblack2]

So basically if people elect a government that doesn't fit the narrative “the democracy is in danger”… isn't that the point of democracy, that people choose what they want (even if it means a change of system)?

[@wyoming9000]

The point of democracy is that they CONTINUE to be able to have power. So if the current population votes in favour of fascism, the issue is that they are depriving the opposition AND future generations of the power to influence the government. Fascism and populist authoritarianism only establish themselves through the desire of the masses, that doesn't make them democratic systems though.

[@teblack2]

@@wyoming9000 The moment that democracy dictate the options for the people is the moment that democracy die. Authoritarianism works in both ways and that is the wonderful of democracy “vox populi”

[@antpoo]

Not system, regime.

[@wyoming9000]

@@teblack2 democracy that allows for the deprivation of the right to meaningfully engage with the democratic process is unjust. There ought to be failsafes to ensure that all people have the right to influence the decisions of the state no matter what the majority may say, as a majority of persons deciding to forfeit their right to engage in the democratic process does not justify that right being stripped from persons who did not wish for that. Not to mention the fact that in a fascist regime or dictatorship, term limits are among the first to go and so, unlike in a democracy, the masses cannot revoke their endorsement for a particular person or party

[@DailyHacksAlpha]

west dont like if majorty is united 😂😂😂

[@mridlon1634]

Democracy is, was, and will always be tested like never before… Because the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

[@46075]

best quote i ever read.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Did you know that everything you believe is false? How long will you be deceived?

[@therealjamespickering]

Here in South Africa, we have given up on democracy and have evolved into a kakistocracy. It really seems to be a requirement for politicial candidates to be blindly incompetent and unapologetically corrupt before one is even considered.

[@ruggerocollard8577]

In a democracy they make us speak, but they do what they want and it is convenient for them. The difference with a dictatorship is that this one does not allow us to speak.

[@ricardskurba]

So if the majority votes for a leader that you don't like, democracy is at stake?

[@MuninBandana]

Yes that's right.

[@sulaimation6253]

sometimes people dont want democracy so they will vote in democratic elections to put into power people who will get rid of democracy

[@chuunibing]

Electoral system is rigged lol😂

[@mrinal1129]

Germans left are in fear because paganism is increasing

[@kkarishmagrawal06]

yes could be if elections are not free and fair and rigged

[@Axeminister]

Don't you think it's odd these reporters accused people of consuming bias media when they just gave the most selectively edited and bias opinion piece masquerading as journalism I've ever seen?

[@louise7347]

Well said. Thank you.

[@philosopher2king]

The left's biggest problem is the Jupiter-sized hole in their own perspective. She even called Biden and Trump "two old white men". I'm surprised DW published this joke of a piece.

[@erynkrieger1279]

What are you on??? How are they biased? They don't suck up to Hindu nationalists?

[@Artrader_em8ko]

Democracy means people choosing their leaders. Democracy doesn’t mean left wing staying in power forever!! For left, a democracy is only valid if left stays in power even if they are ignoring what the people want!

[@subcitizen2012]

There's nothing wrong with bias. Truth and facts, law and fairness, and good journalism all require hard dicked bias. Sorry to break it to you.

[@leirbag798]

When they say "democracy", they're not talking about yours

[@sudeepmore1525]

Thanks to India, Democracy will survive and thrive!

[@_dreamz]

The DW labels the entire Right, the world over as being a threat to Democracy, and call themselves a news organization 😂😂

[@jeremysanders9336]

All right wing political ideologies are just different degrees of fascism, so yes, they all should be viewed as antithetical to democracy.

[@sjgghosh7677]

Pilar of democracy is unbiased journalism.... Conclusion- DW itself is threat to democracy 😅

[@milesjolly6173]

Well to be fair, a lot on the right are a threat to democracy.

[@anotherelvis]

Not the entire right. But Trumps version of the GOP is definitely a threat.

[@ownerspride8305]

@@anotherelvisthat’s not how they report it. They use the word far right to anyone right of center

[@himalayasekanyakumarihindu8034]

10:13-10:16 Western journalists say that "Western governments have given freedom to the Prime Minister of India???" This reflects the colonial mentality of western people. We do not need any freedom from the West for our internal or foreign policy. This is a strong India and is regaining its leading position on global platforms, Western governments have understood this and the sooner Western people understand this, the better it will be for them.

[@joexavier4070]

I think they will never accept

[@himalayasekanyakumarihindu8034]

@@joexavier4070 If they do not do so then time will force them to accept and it will be a very painful process.

[@DiegoJimenezdelaCuesta]

Well, it could well be that the western has not anymore the power to give or take freedom, but India is as chained as others to the new emergent powers. Let's say, they are China and Russia (in a minor role). But they are spearheading the new wave of colonization. Wait... yes, India has the "freedom" to mutually annihilate with Pakistan with their nuclear weapons... which I will not classify as freedom at all. I will conclude in a more serious tone. Depending on what you think freedom is, you can have freedom. However, what you think is freedom is only a nationalistic illusion.

[@rakeshreddy2021]

World geopolitics changed a lot and almost every country is opting the nationalist,centre right, conservative to led the country like in case of Argentina, India because developing nations are trying to protect their interest but these trend is arising in developed nations too like Italy,finaland , USA (trump) . These shows that people are becoming more protective, inward looking and want to led a secure life intime of uncertainty

[@emmanueljames1606]

So is minorities rights should be safe? You are also saying that india is not a democracy anymore right.

[@lakshyavarshney9942]

See that la sphere for it's unaesthetic and way too big ruining the country

[@robertyoung2661]

Humanity has degenerated so terribly that democracy is hard to sustain in many nations now. Very dark days are surely ahead.

[@yayati2539]

bjp is going to win for sure, its time for those who missed their train for pakistan, to catch samjhauta express to reach lahore as soon as possible

[@torablack]

Personally I blame the Biden administration for this seeing as how they've shown weakness overseas while simultaneously trying to kick his political counterpart Trump off the ballot whether we the American people want that or not while calling Trump supporters a bunch of deplorables.

[@user-vg5wm3mt4g]

If Free and Fair Election is done. Democracy will Win.

[@syhuhjk]

@@user-vg5wm3mt4g yes modi 3.0 coming

[@calinho7689]

@@thezoldics7648 every opinion should matter!

[@infinitebeing1119]

​@@calinho7689peacefulls shouldn't give opinions. Its haram form them according to Islam 😂

[@nipunkothare]

A good sign that democracy is dying is that DW news is asking "is gaining majority support enough for a democracy". Thats literally the definition of democracy!

[@visorij3374]

Exactly which is why Americans should remove the electoral college

[@dnw009]

Also the section of how can we exclude certain parties from participating to defend democracy was rather anti democratic. Sounds like something emperor Palpatine would come up with.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

and we have a constitution... and nobody has breached it lol

[@cosmictropicalcollective]

Well. It depends. In Russia Putin shouldn't have been able to be president more than 2 terms.. and now he changed everything and installed himself in power for life. Having 1-2 terms is essential for Democracy so you don't end up in dictatorships. And Putin's gimmik is trending in Hungary and other countries.

[@arielpuma4512]

Right wing: poverty for the people and glory to the elites

[@otakuROHIT]

It's actually the beginning of democracy, people are more informed not like before when GOVT. was able to manipulate the newspaper and the news.

[@user-lt9gb5rn6j]

Judiciary in india is under pressure, you said, how? Could you please explain!

[@blueberry7976]

Judges that are appointed by colligium system are not being appointed their files have been delated in appointed these are the judges who have given judgements that were against bjp in their state government just search on this topic

[@riteshpandey814]

Wrong map shown alert . Shame on DW

[@atharva2715]

That shows their credibility and biaseness towards India ... We should put ban on these channels from reporting in India unless they show the correct map of our Country...👍👍👍

[@adityabhatia5833]

This cheema lady is wrong -about the history of the Indian constitution -that the word secular incorporated in the constitution through amendment to please peaceful community .in reality the word secular doesn’t exist in the original constitution made by the Ambedkar . And congress had dragged reservation system . Which has to end after 20 years of independence. But till now general category is victim of this.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

it was brought in during the emergency.regardless, it doesn't matter, adding the word into a non-operative part of the book didn't change any of the laws and policies. india has never been truly secular, and it's no different right now

[@abc-_-xyz]

I was just about to comment that. Glad you said it. Either this lady clearly has no idea about the Indian constitution or she is speaking open lies.

[@ivp1566]

You're Dw representative had no clue of how corrupt is the judiciary sistema in Mexico and how expensive is the INE burocracy

[@jhedrixz9814]

Democracy does not mean freedom. Its all about money. The more money you have, the more freedom you have.

[@pravinagarwal9999]

Corrections: the Original constitution did not sate the word SECULAR, it was added by Congress indira Gandhi

[@user-ds9lm4tx5z]

Yes but that does not mean. Before that India was a Hindu state or not a secular

[@sohanreddy7116]

So u don't secular. The meaning of secular has been misunderstood. It is not non religion or anti religion it is just separation of religion from government. These fools are fooling everyone portraying as Hindus. They are just doing showoff for politics. BTW our constitution always said India is a secular country and would have religious freedom. Secular was just added to the preamble 😂. It was always there in the other articles 🙏🙏😂😂.

[@shubhramishra332]

Indian Constitution is secular, in its spirit. Indira gandhi did not add the word to the constitution she added it to the PREAMBLE.

[@stylinnet2395]

​​@@user-ds9lm4tx5zwhat does hindu state mean? It is hindu today, as it was 70 years ago. It's a hindu majority and hence hindu state. We don't have religion based laws, we never had even during native monarchies, even manusmriti which is called hindu rule book by west wasn't followed. Don't compare sharia to hindu laws. Nepal was hindu state until 2008, what rights were not given to minorities there?

[@stylinnet2395]

​@@shubhramishra332 word was added to the preamble not to the Constitution. Sir, please care to explain, what does that even mean?

[@ShowmeChina]

Amrita Cheema lied India being a secular country since Independence in 1947. The word secular was added in the constitution of India by PM Indira Gandhi in 1975 when she killed the democracy and announced Nation emergency thus changing the constitution at her will. Sadly these are DW seniors in India.

[@shaynik012]

Nope what you are saying is incorrect

[@AnuJayZ]

@@shaynik012boss you are wrong. The term ‘secular’ was added by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976. The Indira Gandhi led government included it in the document, as part of the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution.

[@fly463]

​@@shaynik012 he is right Indira Gandhi also added socialist with secular forcefully She was a real dictator 😐

[@gauravpednekar207]

Aa gaye bhakt rone😂

[@fly463]

@@gauravpednekar207 just like how andhnamazis are crying since 2014 😭😂 What's the point of calling names if you don't have anything to counter 😐

[@jashanpreetsingh2040]

Institutions are in the India on last legs .

[@jsssssjhsh6640]

The problem is that a same government keeps on ruling the country for a long period which creates less competition and more corruption

[@Willopo100]

Lots of misinformation here. Good attempt though

[@artman12]

Bad attempt

[@_ata_3]

Something you didn't like?

[@robertmoskal5345]

It is almost all misinformation. They talk about populism as if it grew out of nowhere. When it is a backlash against the social disruption that "the liberals" themselves have caused.

[@Deveriell]

​@@_ata_3all video is about not liking the choices people made in the democratic and legal elections.

[@_ata_3]

@@Deveriell Try harder. The video is about people choosing undemocratic or autocratic leaders that get done with democracy.

[@techcafe0]

Are western states really democracies, or actually plutocracies?

[@milesjolly6173]

Fair question

[@asdasdasddgdgdfgdg]

I think we all know the answer to that question.

[@Artrader_em8ko]

Democracy means people choosing their leaders. Democracy doesn’t mean left wing staying in power forever!! For left, a democracy is only valid if left stays in power even if they are ignoring what the people want!

[@Artrader_em8ko]

skipped Pakistani elections and also skipped Indonesia which elects this month. Because Islam plays a huge role in both these elections n the left wing media DW doesn’t want to mention it n get itself called Islamophobic! 😅😅 Scrutiny n majoritarianism word is only reserved for other religions especially Hindus!

[@KanuniSuleyman4857]

​@@Artrader_em8ko he asked about western countries but you again brought Islam in this 🤦‍♂️

[@wilhelmvanbabbenburg8443]

11:10 is not that they see a bunch of hypocrites, it is that we ARE a bunch of hypocrites.

[@josephs3154]

Fact that Indonesia election this February, is not count in this news, is something indeed.

[@user-qz3to7gd5l]

In India the main problem is that Modi is the only candidate we can choose because the opposition that we had is absolutely broken and clueless. Till now there exist no PM face from opposition side. Entire ANTI-BJP Party came together to form INDI Alliance but till now they are fighting over vote share. The opposition seems to have no solid point on which they are contesting the election. The entire INDI Alliance seems all over the place quarrelling over whom to to make PM face and how to distribute the vote shame among different parties forming the INDI Alliance. India lack good opposition. DW seems to paint all the right wing governments across the world as danger for democracy.

[@ww7308]

What about EVM hacking by modi ? By Hacking EVM , tomorrow I can become PM . Nothing special. With the support of adani and Ambani modi hacked evm and won . I don't consider him as PM Sorry I am not andhbhakt

[@BruhImAGirl]

Exactly, the right wing ideology is traditional and unique to every nation and it appears as a protective mechanism against external forces. Everything is portrayed as a threat to democracy if it uses traditional values

[@sohanreddy7116]

@@BruhImAGirl BJP is fooling the people across India. These rowdies where a kesari shawl round their neck and portray as Hindus. They are using religion as a shield for their crimes. All media channels are finished and captured and have become unofficial mouthpieces of the bjp.

[@CaptainGeek5]

Democracy is in danger because there is no free Media, Democracy is in danger because opposition is stifled by ED accusations, Democracy is in danger because minorities dont have representation in ruling party.... Its not that hard to understand!

[@bhawanisharma3324]

8:01 that's wrong india was not a secular nation when we got freedom in 1947. Secular word is added in indian constitution in 1976 in unconstitutional way when the congress party serving prime minister indira Gandhi impose emergency and whole of the opposition has been arrested and put behind bars in 1976 then the the secular word is added in indian constitution by indira gandhi unconstitutionally

[@elcapitaan1]

You can debate what was or when, but make no mistake India IS a secular nation.

[@bhawanisharma3324]

@@elcapitaan1 By constitution it is but no one in india is secular its just a fancy word that people start yapping when there is nothing to say or prove something

[@elcapitaan1]

@@bhawanisharma3324 words have meanings. you may not be secular because you dont understand what that means. It provides for seperation of religion and state in India by constitutional law. India is secular and will always be.

[@bhawanisharma3324]

@@elcapitaan1 With all due respect, I disagree with your statement.Despite India's constitutional commitment to secularism, the ideal separation of religion and state may be challenged by realworld execution and a number of sociopolitical issues.A more complex perspective of secularism in India is suggested by ongoing discussions and happenings.

[@Raja-dm7jk]

​@@elcapitaan1😅😅😅you impose secularism in constitution during emergency? Make no mistake

[@asulike2]

Who remembered Calcutta, or as it is known now, Kolkata, when loadshedding was mentioned?

[@justincortez3486]

It's already dead. Nobody wanted a Biden vs. Trump rematch, but here we are.

[@HenyaGirl]

I know, right ...what a damn disaster! How did it come to this?

[@uncleben7306]

Tell that to the primaries. We can complain all we want but it's clear that people actually like them

[@yolo2709]

@@uncleben7306 not "people". Enough people.

[@uncleben7306]

@@yolo2709 you can't win primaries in a landslide if you're hated by most of your party.

[@pulokdev1514]

While we live in quite depressing times, these are also interesting moments of history....

[@lif6737]

Crises certainly are interesting

[@jivkotodorov84]

Old Chinese curse - "I hope you live in interesting times".

[@nholmes86]

Life is always depressing..

[@ericgutzat4567]

Interest is entirely subjective. Atrocities against mankind are not. Through great sacrifices and efforts, international standards have been established to determine what abuses to humanity are considered unacceptable. The western "democracies" presented as protagonists at risk here, have been the prime violators of said standards, and they are now failing to control the narrative to claim otherwise. The perspective of loss is an illusion, these powers are overdue for collapse, and most of mankind will benefit from their fall. DW really demonstrated their U.S. lapdog status here, and have entirely relinquished what little journalistic credibility they had.

[@anuragchakraborty8766]

There is nothing interesting about dictatorship.

[@A__j217]

India is perfectly in a safe hand, i assure that. We love prime minister Narendra Modi and trust him .

[@user-vg5wm3mt4g]

Jumlas.... No, I want 15 Lakhs as Promised. Then I will Believe in Modiji.

[@SurajMandal-lj6hc]

​@@user-vg5wm3mt4g he give 15 5 lakh on ayushman yojna he built house for 4 crores peoples he built taps in the house of many poor people he provides gas cylinder , toilets , electricity , scholarship .

[@_ata_3]

Simp

[@DailyHacksAlpha]

✌️

[@NovelTuber]

​@@_ata_3well who doesn't simp for Modi?

[@kibawhitefang7176]

Imagine the count number if the thumbs down option was still available.

[@opoaotoroiocoko]

Did she say the power was turned off @ 13:45? That seems like something worth assessing.

[@patrickyakobe9685]

Democracy should respect majority choice without name calling such as far right or far left. People should define their destiny and not IMF who lives somewhere far away from the suffering citizenry!

[@_ata_3]

What the IMF has to do with this? 😂

[@tramatictitan]

Islam is a quite good majority so yeah? ! 👁👁

[@subcitizen2012]

It's not name calling when it's calling things what they are. Far left and far right are inherently non democratic. Which is more than just doing away with voting. Democracy also requires rule of law, institutions thereof, and rights for minorities. Democracy still has to color withing the lines or else it's not democracy anymore.

[@himalayasekanyakumarihindu8034]

The video's Indian journalist falsely claimed that India embraced secular democracy post-independence. In 1976, 30 years later, "secular" and "socialist" were amended to the Constitution without public input. People in India advocate for removing these words, with the government reportedly taking steps towards their removal.

[@anujsethi7845]

Lol people in India don't care about secular word. Only people like having problems. Indians care about jobs and food.

[@reinventthewheel8364]

India has always been pluralistic country not secular. Secularism is forced upon us that's why we want to remove it.

[@subcitizen2012]

That's why you are a problem for secularism and democracy. These are required baselines for democracy.

[@kylajade7395]

While you can't cover every key issue, there's no way a video like this can be made without at the very least, touching on what is happening in Palestine & Israel. Its the most political globalized issue shaping democracy as we speak

[@David-wt1lk]

'They are expected to choose between the same two old white men as last time'😂😂 love u DW

[@ismaelmasso6662]

Main issue is that our selected politicians have failed to serve people, in the west all has become so unaffordable, almost everyone's struggling to make a living, how do you want democracy to survive if people has lost faith?

[@_ata_3]

True. Specially left governments that supposedly should reduce inequalities have shown to being either too inept to do it or not really willing.

[@ismaelmasso6662]

@@_ata_3 because the new left is full of privileged “lefties” 😂

[@thejudge8892]

Try DD über ales , maybe this would be better , buddy?!

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

Look what people in dictatorships have. The people voting for trump here in the US have never lived in a dictatorship and I don’t really believe they know what they’re getting ready to unleash.

[@ram_sankar]

Dictatorship doesn't solve them.

[@freemusicforyou2011]

Democracy is about people, not leaders. We, as a part of animal kingdom, always search for leaders instead of intellectual development which leads to logic and rational rather than emotional choice.

[@Brunin22bh]

So are not supposed to seek evolution from our primitive inner being?

[@boxingsense3459]

​@@Brunin22bh That is still up to the people to decide.

[@ericgutzat4567]

😅

[@youxkio]

Utilitarianism?

[@scratchy996]

"This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause." Idiocracy is a real thing.

[@brown_snowboarder]

"This election is the most important" "This election will change everything" Literally what everyone says during every election, hard to believe anything will change

[@Dsaes]

They want a specific type of democracy to win , with specific agenda , and specific people !!!

[@Dr.Kay_R]

India is more secular today than it was 10 years ago. Development brings Secularism, and Modi govt brings development.

[@abijitguptatrading]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@anujsethi7845]

😂😂 secular in which world?

[@AmishKumar-lc7zs]

Unfortunately it is but should have never been secular after partition.

[@user-qz3to7gd5l]

@@anujsethi7845 It was forcibly made secular by Indra Gandhi. No one asked Indian that India should be a secular country or not.

[@shahanshahpolonium]

​@anujsethi7845 like it or not, modi is winning this year too. And you can cry a river about it(actually do it, because we need more water this year, thanks to failing monsoon)

[@arunsheokand2527]

I feel very happy that I belong to India where democracy has been an integral part of our nation since independence. This year also, we will elect a strong government in a free and fair election. General elections have always been fair in India. As of minorities, their rights are very safe and they also get equal votes. Minorities are largest receivers of government aid. But DW can't just say these things out loud.

[@emmanueljames1606]

North korea is also a democracy 😂😂. Check the official name. It is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

[@jaskaransinghgill5997]

Very sad to see people like u are living in their made-up world. Democracy is not only about elections , its about individual freedom and most important freedom to oppose freely. Modi is also destroying free and fair elections , such as in the case of Chandigarh mayoral poles.

[@lakshyavarshney9942]

It has not been an integral part since independence

[@dizelhanif517]

They forgot about Indonesia, well I do not blame DW since it only became truly democratic in 1998, however it is quite weird they forgot about the 3rd largest democracy.

[@PriyanshuAman-dn5jx]

Its not a democracy 😅

[@Sakurayaya]

where's Indonesia election??? 🤔

[@felixmuhia7063]

"DW News, a bastion of objectivity and objective news"

[@Amal-os6tt]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@subcitizen2012]

Better than most of the alternatives.

[@SUNNYDAY-if8yo]

​@@subcitizen2012 yah for clown🤡

[@pratyushojha]

A democracy is a marketplace of idea's. It doesn't get weaker, if once side is unable to sell its ideas to the electorate. Or even explain those ideas in language that is understandable to the voters.

[@dennischiu272]

Interfering with a free and fair marketplace is exactly what weakens democracy. Voter suppression, insurrection, intimidation, foreign interference. Ideas are fair game, but anti-democratic methods are not.

[@pankajsinha385]

Very nicely articulated!

[@dennischiu272]

The idea that democracies don't get weaker is a pretty convenient justification for mainstreaming fascism.

[@joeythelipz]

Democracy has ran its course for this cycle - and there’s no doubt the world goes through cycles.

[@dennischiu272]

@@joeythelipz Except the last time the world fell prey to authoritarian regimes, it spawned a war, multiple genocides, tens of millions of deaths, and the implosion of said regimes. All in the span of roughly a decade. Some of y'all are way too excited about the demolition of democratic norms for your own good.

[@stefcas]

interesting but the background noise/music is annoying disturbing

[@grafity1749]

Very good ❤ Gives a great view on the topic!

[@joerogain5025]

Pakistan isn't so much a Country with a military and an army as an Army and a Military with a country.

[@futuroluxo]

Like Germany having cozy relationship with pure democracy eg: Pakistan 😂

[@mysticwatersoo]

Colonial version of putting puppets in countries sort of democracy is over. With the advent of internet and technology, people are informed now and will vote for those who take care of their interests.

[@athansky25]

The Day we stop believing Democracy can work is the day we lose it. - Queen Jamillia

[@oliandramarmelanda9761]

democracy is also a right to vote for far right or far left not only for liberal centric parties. The current EU government is being voted out as people are not more convinced by their ideas as they are so far far away from reality

[@Daxter250]

depends. you can also have democracy with laws preventing parties that ought to destroy democracy like what the pizs tried in poland, or orban does in hungary,... or erdogan does in turkey, or vucic in serbia... fico in slowakia and so on... so you can actually shut down a specific direction for self protection.

[@thejudge8892]

@@Daxter250Very nice gesagt , they forgot DD über ales!

[@Hawkkkk2023]

Leftists think democracy is their property, and if PPL don't like their ideology and it's dangerous consequences which whole World is witnessing, it's against democracy.....

[@angelantayhua3096]

Far right and far left in what axis? You can be far right and far left and still want democracy. Unfortunately that’s not always true.

[@Deveriell]

​@@Daxter250Orban is a legally and democratically elected prime minister of Hungary, stopping his supporters from voting for him would've been fascist.

[@user-cz8hy1hz9x]

A strong opposition is the linchpin of a stable democracy. People in power will inevitably try to hold on , sometimes by controlling the narrative by any means at their disposal. A weak opposition makes it possible for them to do that without accountability. The blame for rising autocracies also falls on a fragmented and weak opposition.

[@nuqwestr]

Strong, but ethical, opposition who don't revenge when they win and jail the opposing as the Dems are trying to do in my country.

[@Ryanowning]

"Big tent" politics like America is ironically the most stable form of democracy, but it looks like we're going to need revisions as corruption is a major issue in America.

[@guillermomtz14]

Javier, I don´t know what kind of "critics" you consult but one of Mexico´s biggest issues in every election has been that every new president would never follow up on what was done or started in the previous government, that´s because the so called previous "democratic" governments in Mexico were too selfish to really work for Mexicans. Continuation is something that has never been done before. The INE (the electoral watchdog in Mexico) was already weak and corrupt, and a HUGE loss of resources so it had to be re-organized, something, again, that hasn´t been done in Mexico before.

[@veckgames]

Ahh yes, the good old "the people did not choose the way I wanted them to therefore democracy isn't working" song and dance.

[@JO-my5ft]

Or maybe the beginning of democracy ✅

[@The-Anonymous.]

Absolutely

[@pragmaticoptimist46]

Psychology has a term called “catastrophizing” and modern media seems to do that every day. See this video’s headline…

[@anirudhg5629]

6:40 It's not "unprecedented" at all. Two other Prime Ministers (Nehru and Indira Gandhi) served three terms. If you count India's time as a Dominion of the UK, then Nehru served four terms as Prime Minister. The whole section on India is very poorly researched.

[@bloomtv3-thealtchannel368]

'Is Democracy going to survive 2024?'. Our new - also amateur - woman journalist just said: Probably not if we keep watching on our phones how it is going.

[@DB4331]

@25:00 Journalistic revision: "Two old white men" should have been more accurately reported as "One old white man and one old orange man". Our apologies. 🙂

[@dontcomply3976]

Ha ha ha you are hilarious 🤮

[@fransanderfoley]

Who's version of democracy?

[@jatin9070]

According to USA. If you are working according to how USA wants then you are fine whether you are democratic or not. Example is pakistan run by a pakistani military supported by USA and USA relations with middle eastern countries and South American countries run by dictators in the past. At the end of the day or is about what powerful countries like USA,china and Russia and blocks like EU and IMF wants and they justify their actions in the name of right ,wrong ,human rights ,freedom of speech and things like that.

[@SUNNYDAY-if8yo]

Leftist

[@tia7115]

"Western governments are prepared to give India quite a bit of freedom" the colonial mindset never dies

[@word6344]

I appreciate the Berlin Wall B-roll footage. Can democracy now still break down barriers like it did back then?

[@fpxy00]

Democracy is also when ppl do not choose "your vision of democracy"! !!

[@alexlong3714]

As long as people vote, does that not a "Democracy", at work, no matter how the outcome. No ?

[@WhoisTheOtherVindAzz]

Yes but that doesn't mean that voters cannot vote in favor of powers that will undermine democracy. This is obviously the point - even if you sometimes need to be generous in you "reading" (which you should be, because otherwise you'll end up constantly needing to have basic things explained to you).

[@rollingdownfalling]

German history is a lesson though.

[@_ata_3]

Only if they are going to continue voting. If it's their last vote no.

[@bulthaosen1169]

​@@WhoisTheOtherVindAzzwell that is still the people's choice and needs to respected.

[@subcitizen2012]

No. Because there's more to democracy than just voting. Look at Russia. Go spend a good solid day reading the political science pages on Wikipedia.

[@rebelcommander7starwarsjur922]

I’m QUITE surprised they didn’t mention Haiti 🇭🇹 Russia 🇷🇺 or Myanmar 🇲🇲 or Sudan 🇸🇩 or any of those African countries that had coups recently because the list is high

[@CGP05]

That's so incredible that half the population of the world will vote in an election this year