Why and Where is Democracy in Decline?

[@mr_cramberry]

"I love democracy, I love the republic"."In order to secure the security and stability, the republic will be reorganised to the first galactic Empire" - Senator Palpatine

[@jw9565]

Chancellor Palpatine

[@Riddle_Central916]

Can you check out this video about the US elections please? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGLPg2B-qt1rf9Usi=omQZJj-vfwczsbJ1 Very appreciated!

[@xbirdshorts5075]

"So this is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause" - Einlich Schuster, 1933

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

​@@xbirdshorts5075 considering the weimar republic sucked hard when it came to being a functioning state I would be surprised if that wasnt the case honestly.

[@thexdatabase]

joe biden america

[@xbirdshorts5075]

Fun fact: democracy where private corporations can donate to political candidates is not democracy but is instead a corporatocracy with a mask

[@Talisguy]

People know the system is failing and the establishment is deeply tied to the _reasons_ for that failure. Sadly, "it's the fault of immigrants/feminism/diversity/the gays" is an easier sell than actually deconstructing the problem.

[@geraldmeehan8942]

People are focused on the 2 trans kids one of which may join the girl's lacrosse team next season while civil rights are overthrown and environmental regulations and safe food standards are eliminated. A global general strike is only tool we have left

[@NoetsMierKeps]

​@@Talisguy I have never seen a better answer even online so in line with my vision of the world.

[@builder_dahomey]

So, every democracy since the industrial revolution?

[@inbb510]

@@geraldmeehan8942 revolution is a nuclear option which leads to disaster. Be careful what you wish for.

[@penzorphallos3199]

Fun fact: people get frustrated with democracy when every politician fail to fulfill their campaign promises, protect them, be remotely competent or steal from public funds.

[@Jay...777]

Not difficult since they all do the same thing

[@JohnWellingtonWells]

Yeah, much better to have an un-elected politician that can't be removed who fails to fulfill their campaign promises, protect them, be remotely competent or steals from public funds instead.

[@sir_reddog_of_smeg3886]

I might actually have a chance at being a dictator :)

[@inbb510]

If you think politicians can always 100% fulfil their political promises, you don't understand how the world works.

[@dongshengdi773]

If you think we're all the same , no democracy, you better live in North Korea or China

[@oakstrong1]

Democracy is also declining in the UK, or at least the government is trying to: the ban of peaceful protest is one of them, and right to privacy is just about all but gone with the govt. Wanting an access to all electronic communication without a warrant or any reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.

[@purpledevilr7463]

I am fine with all of this.

[@inbb510]

It's all about balance. People have the right to protest but other people also have the right to not be unnecessary inconvenienced by what is essentially a glorified mob temper tantrum. Also in what way is telling people they can't block motorways (one protester has already died due to the cars not being able to stop in time due to them running onto the carriageway unexpectedly causing extreme trauma for the drivers) and set fire to public property an infringement of their protest rights. Cos that's what essentially some people complaining about. Also in the age of encryption, the right of privacy has to be balanced by the right to public safety as terro*its exploit encryption/privacy to plan out terror attacks. You need to take these complex matters into account.

[@hrr597]

​@@purpledevilr7463 how does the boot taste?

[@hallojava2458]

@@grimepilogue2831 Wow. Damn. People think like this?

[@thalmoragent9344]

​​@@inbb510 True. People blocking roads and disruption of people's livelihoods isn't gonna protect protestors from consequences.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

a lot of people, specially in first world and developed countries, are getting complacent and too comfortable with having freedom and rights, obviously there's still corruption and in parliamentary democracies legislation can get stuck and politics can get stale because you need a solid majority to pass most things, but a lot people see a bit of decline and get fear mongered by their media and start getting radicalized enough to instead of looking for fixes and progression, look for accelerationism and sometimes even backwards revolutionary ideas, they forget they have it really good compared to most of the world

[@ajohndaeal-asad6731]

yeah they think the grass is greener but history would tell us how dead wrong they are

[@nevigodstanson7160]

People got used to a rapid development, not understanding that they're already nearing the peak. Only choice is between expecting a technological breakthrough, or scrap current political regimes in hope to build better ones.

[@ernimuja6991]

Half the population voted for someone who said “I’ll close the border” and they were called deplorables and much worse. Democracy works when the will of the majority is enacted, but people don’t feel like they’re being heard. Democracy is DYING because the media and the elite are splitting people up against each other and building frustration. The system itself is rotten. It has nothing to do with a little bit of frustration. Democracy endured during the great depression and recession for crying out loud. But it may die now because unlike then, people REALLY REALLY don’t feel heard now. Which is what kills democracy.

[@beanoboy62]

The issue is, there are some pretty simple changes that could be made that would massively improve the democratic deficit in this country that will never be passed due to our two party system. First past the post is meant to prevent extremism by denying pure democracy instead one of our biggest parties has been overtaken by extremists. Not only is it not democratic it is also ineffective giving massove majorities to parties that represent the views of tiny minorities in this country yet have the power to do everything.

[@KyleCox404]

maybe sometimes people must loose democracy and all that freedom, to get a wake-up call.

[@caesq_r]

democracy is only good when the voting people aren't stupid. people often get carried away some candidates' entertaining and well-spoken manners and they end up voting them instead of voting the most suited candidate, a candidate that maybe isn't an agile speaker but has excellent ideas

[@dwaynezilla]

no, it can work with stupid people too, because the stupid cancels out. The real problem is mass media planting ideas into the stupid people's heads so they all vote the same instead of cancelling each other out.

[@BritishRepublicsn]

Well, part of being a politician is having the confidence to carry their ideas through the system

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

​@Letsthinkaboutit-mb7nn especially these days when people are easily manipulated

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

@Letsthinkaboutit-mb7nn Yup it's always been the case but these days it gotten easier, especially with internet and social media, misinformation is rampant these days and it's manipulating people judgments and narratives

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

@Letsthinkaboutit-mb7nn Idk but it seems to be getting worst these days especially with the internet and social media which helps the spreading of miss information

[@Zigzegot01]

Two big factors were missed there. Economic collapse and systemic corruption.

[@georgea1865]

I think these maps overestimate "democracy" in the western world. "Democracy" is not only being able to vote but also having a government that actually does "what their people want" as opposed to "what lobbying gtoups and other elitist groups of interest want". Within this context, is my government really democratic? Is my government really doing what the majority wants? If we are honest, I think these maps would be different.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

How would you quantify this? There isn't such a thing as "the will of the people", every country is split into groups with radically differing opinions. The elected government will, in the best-case scenario, do what its voters want. Others will be disregarded. It's easy to catch outliers when everybody is opposed to some change, but it's very hard to judge all policies and decisions overall.

[@boslyporshy6553]

No one would be a democracy by that metric. The will of the people ends at their representatives.

[@Valpo2004]

@@Ruzzky_Bly4t Ehh you could take major issues or ideas that show heavy support via polls, not just like 51-49 but stuff that gets 75% or more support and see if their governments are implementing these ideas. In the US I can think of a multiple ideas that pull massive support in polls but are complete non-starters in our legislature.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

@@Valpo2004 What party gets 75% of the votes? Only a fraction of these people chose the current government, and maybe it was mostly voted in by the other 25. Then there is the question of how reasonable people's opinions are. Everybody wants lower taxes but better healthcare. It's usually one or the other. Etc, etc.

[@deawinter]

Yeah, I think you’re kind of overselling democracy as a concept. We have governments that are the most representative of our beliefs in human history and it’s still deeply flawed and unrepresentative. The problem is that democracies are logistical nightmares that are far more vulnerable to collapse than authoritarianism. So while I agree about your complaints I think the map is accurate. Insofar as we’ve ever had a democracy, we still do; and we still have a lot to lose.

[@triceratops7084]

Not in Canada,Worry not citizens the Gonverment accesing bank accounts of truckers and taking away their right of protest surely doesn't mean authoritarianism🥰🥰

[@jamescoulson7729]

Man learn the actual history of what happened. In protests across the west I saw happen in Europe and the USA after the Canada trucker protest and all of them waved Canada flags as they saw that the truckers were treated better in Canada than similar protests across the world. The truckers couldn’t even protest in the usa or France they got blocked by the military.

[@ernimuja6991]

@@jamescoulson7729You know you’re making his case stronger right? You’re saying that Canada’s authoritarianism has nothing on other democracies.

[@dwaynezilla]

@@jamescoulson7729 You should learn the actual history. The trucker protests were instigated by Russia.

[@JanisFever]

​@@jamescoulson7729I think it's more authoritarian to block someone's bank account than block the path of a protest. Using a state apparatus to identify and punish dissidents is not very democratic. But they aren't coming for you yet so you will say nothing

[@triceratops7084]

@@dwaynezilla Trump was insigated by Russia. Truckers are by Russia. Farmers are by Russia. Pro Palestinians are by Russia. Is there anything in the west,Russia doesn't already control??😂😂

[@josuaerick9670]

Also in Indonesia, not only the current president Jokowi made a way for his son to run for vice president but also the current polls showing Prabowo and Jokowi's son are winning, and Prabowo specifically said in an interview that "Indonesia isn't ready for democracy, we need an strong authoritarian leader" which is very scary.

[@ryannathaniel9296]

Ironically, the fact that he got elected in the first place proves that he's *partially* right.

[@Oneiroi0]

Is that mistranslation or did you intentionally do that? Even then you didn't tell why he said something like that. Context is Important. Neutral translation is like this "Indonesia isn't ready for a soft leader, we need a strong leader." Then the context was about how the world is going down in spiral of war. About how weaker countries get bullied by stronger countries. Where countries with tons of alliances and military are going to be more important in the upcoming decades. He even publicly told why a certain country get invaded by their neighbour and almost none of the other neighbours is helping. They are weak. That's the truth. Even then, after saying that, he still sent a fleet to assist in medical section for that country. All of us need to remember, Prabowo come from military background that experience the up and down of Indonesia. From when young Indonesia struggling with world recognition, toppling of first president, massacre of the Red, controlled by US(Suharto reign), toppling of Suharto, Financial crisis with their effects, 20 years long of two respected and capable presidentd(SBY, Jokowi). He also tried to be president several times and at the end joined the current president as minister of defense.

[@Oneiroi0]

As for about how the minimal age to be a president being changed from 40 to 35? Honestly, I hate that. It should be 18, not 35. We can vote when you have identification card(17-18) but you can't vote for young people(18-25)? How heck are we going to have young people voices be heard properly? Are you sure old foggies would know and care about young people concern? Are you sure they would even understand the current culture war in the internet, and how even internet work? Can they even understand what is a server? Lol

[@Oneiroi0]

Btw, for the changing of minimum age requirement. I dislike it very much. The minimum legal age should be 18 in the first place. If you can choose by 18, you should've been able to be chosen at 18. What's the point of being able to vote at 18 if your voice can only be heard by people at the age 35, heck 40.

[@harukrentz435]

​@@momytik🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@skapur]

Without a free press and free speech, democracy is simply not possible. One of the best ways to judge if a country is democratic is how free the press and speech is.

[@villageidiot5744]

This video literally complained that it's difficult to control speech in private and that's a threat to democracy 😂

[@inbb510]

@@villageidiot5744 , there is no such thing as free speech. Just societally agreed accepted speech.

[@skapur]

@@inbb510 a society has free speech when someone can say something that the vast majority vehemently disagrees with. Most of the world is (including so called countries with “full democracy 😂🤣) so undemocratic that people living there can not even comprehend what free speech is! Any country that bans hate speech is undemocratic.

[@internethardcase]

So nowhere expect America then. Countries are in fact banning speech in the name of "democracy"

[@internethardcase]

@@inbb510 wrong. Free speech is speech not regulated by a government.

[@IRGodful]

Fun fact: it's not rigging if you call it 'election fortification'

[@cl8804]

nt, jewbani

[@madonnasfangirl9631]

Britain is not a flawd failed democracy? 😂

[@MrSmith-zy2bp]

Fortifying an election is managed democracy.

[@XOPOIIIO]

You didn't mention Canadian shift closer to authoritarianism.

[@jeffmorris5802]

This video is about 90% subjective opinion and about 10% based on anything real. BTW, the EIU is an arm of the Economist, a British newspaper, for those curious, and goes a long way to explaining the healthy dose of bias present within the video.

[@shadowpriest3359]

This video was about as unbiased and objective as anything discussing politics. If you think there's any "bias" here, you might want to check your own biases.

[@jeffmorris5802]

@@shadowpriest3359 Of course I'm biased, everyone is - including you. However, traditional media outlets usually label this kind of content as Opinion. TL;DR should do the same.

[@michaelstelpflug9790]

I honestly laughed when I saw the UK wasn’t ranked as a flawed democracy. Some serious euro bias I this data. We have our problems in America but Europe is a shit show right now.

[@inbb510]

@@michaelstelpflug9790 Europeans: "bUt merIcaN heAlThcAre!!!!!"

[@beachbum111111]

@@shadowpriest3359 Yeah bro, totally unbiased to call america a 'flawed democracy' when you can elect each of the 3 branches of government separately and the leader of the country has term limits, then to turn around and call Canada a 'full democracy' when you can only elect one branch, AND the governing party can call an election whenever they specifically so the leader can remain uncontested in power for 20+ years. You have brain damage lmfao

[@rjrastapopoulos1595]

Communal violence in India didn't suddenly sprout after 2014, and every study shows that since 1947 there has been a net decline in the number of communal violence related incidents. What has happened instead is that the country has become more polarized. Just like in the US. But "democratic backsliding"? Come on!

[@prateekbhurkay9376]

They need to push the "Undemocratic India" narrative just because our government doesn't kowtow to the USA's every whim.

[@banditonehundred]

😂

[@abhijeet1in]

Agreed. No one should be above reproach and the central govt. needs to be challenged significantly more. But unfortunately, most of the political parties had got into a habit of winning elections by booth capturing & screwing over the people until mid-2000s. Now they are finding themselves out of ideas in social media driven polarized world. The current opposition coalition failed when they were in power and are now failing again in their messaging to the people. We have most incompetent opposition leaders in the world.

[@dude-jh5oe]

Anywhere or anyone that does not bows to the west is immediately called undemocratic

[@nstemania]

no it’s actually not only polarisation but also the fact many opposition governments have been toppled makes it declining 💀

[@harbinger200]

"Democracy" 😂😂😂 is biggest Sci-Fi then Star Wars. No one seen it in real life, only on TV.

[@sellis2819]

democracy is just a form of legitimacy for bureaucrats so that the people think they have power then dont. outside of small countries it will never exist

[@chrischarlescook]

In the UK, an unelected PM asked an unelected head of State to allow an unelected David Cameron in to an unelected upper house, to be foreign secretary. Don't tell me I live in a democracy.

[@ap9970]

You do know that no British Prime Minister has ever been elected, to the office of Prime Minister.

[@robertgammon-ross9983]

I agree with the sentiment but it is somewhat misunderstanding the way our democracy works. Parliamentary democracy allows elected officials to form a government in their favour. It's the fault of Tory MPs not calling a vote of no confidence that's the issue. The house of lords and king bit is the sticker though.

[@ignaciopardo9098]

A bit misleading, as they say in the video, democracy is not just about elections.However, although the case of the UK is complicated since you don't have a written constitution, the head of state doesn't need to be elected as he doesn't display any power, is just a symbol as the anthem or the flag. Your prime minister was elected by the parliament (and the parliament voted by people after the two previous where sacked, but Boris Jhonson was elected by a great majority, and Sunak will have to face elections soon.

[@inbb510]

OP doesn't know what a parliamentary democracy is....

[@ap9970]

@@ignaciopardo9098 I think you mean "elected to parliament"

[@hkonhelgesen]

Democracy has powerful enemies. Who always seek revenge. Democracy must be defended every day.

[@sellis2819]

powerful enemies such as the people voting, cant let them have any say in how they are governed

[@sonugupta0010]

No one can disturb India's democracy even Prime minister can't do that😂

[@The_Unknown_Gunman]

Agreed. So many state elections, with so political parties. Its almost impossible for 1 man from 1 party to dismantle indian democracy.

[@crocodileguy4319]

And if democracy is destroyed across the globe, soon any bold man with a certain set of skills can carve out a dictatorship for himself in this fallen planet Obviously not me, obviously, but maybe *you* ?

[@guesswho820]

Hmmm, tempting, tempting. I would need a ridiculously convoluted ideology to justify my dictatorship though, anyone got any ideas?

[@TheSuperBoyProject]

One can hope

[@crocodileguy4319]

​@@TheSuperBoyProjectand *cope*

[@superhond1733]

​@@guesswho820coconutism Look it up

[@ludicrousreality0]

seen the same comment multiple times already

[@Karim94222]

Democracy really is under threat, but not from the ones telling you they want to abolish democracy, but from the ones telling you they need to do this and that to protect democracy.

[@francisquebachmann7375]

@sg23148 can you prove that he's a trump bot? I'd like to see your basis on why you came up to that conclusion.

[@JakeKitsu]

@@francisquebachmann7375I can if you're so inclined: The account made its comment only 9 hours after the initial video was posted. There's a lot of "political videos" on KZbin so it usually takes a bit for the crawling trump bots to find them. But when the bot eventually finds a video (like this bot has), you'll notice that its account was made just 10 days ago on *Feb. 11, 2024,* almost like it was created for the sole purpose of spreading misinformation to further Trump's campaign and further muddy their distorted meaning of "fascism." Hope this helps!

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

@sg23148 Not really. The same pattern of abuse is observed also in western Europe or Canada...

[@sellis2819]

@sg23148 how cute

[@BOZ_11]

Alexei Navalny criminal indictments: 2013: Embezzlement, 5 year sentence suspended 2014: Fraud, 3.5 year sentence suspended 2020: Defamation, fined $11,500 2021: Parole violation, 3.5 year sentence to prison In multiple videos from the late 2000s, Navalny compared ethnic minorities from the Caucasus and Central Asia to "cockroaches". No videos about Assange's incarceration?? Double standards

[@sellis2819]

he supported every action of putins in the Ukraine, he supported most of his other policies, he just said that putin was corrupt, if anything putin is moderate relative to him and he only got rid of him as he could have been a threat

[@BOZ_11]

@@sellis2819 There's no evidence that Putin off'd him, and there are 3 reasons for him not to do it: 1. It's created a PR problem for him. 2. Alexei was in prison already 3. Alexei wasn't close to being popular enough to win presidency; his one moment of "success" (if you can call it that) is coming second place in the Moscow mayoral elections with 27% of the vote. There are also accusations of him working for the CIA, which I can't find evidence of, but I find it suspicious that western Govts and media have bleeding hearts for any Russians, much less a racist and inept political figure.

[@BOZ_11]

@@sellis2819 he's also a CIA plant

[@Teag_Brohman15]

let's be honest, political apathy is unintentionally causing us to normalize corruption and fascism rather than fight it

[@SkySlug12]

I can understand that North America is flawed. Still, I never knew there were a lot of flawed democracies in the world, let alone how many authoritarian countries existed and those without any democracy at all.

[@dealbreakerc]

Given that Canada, the United States, and Mexico are all quite different from each other, it's quite the over simplification to say 'North America is flawed.' Both the US and Mexico are federal republiclics with presidential systems but the precise mechanisms are different and the salient issues are different between the two countries. Canada has an entirely different political system in that it is a constitutional monarchy with a parliament based on the Westminster tradition(i.e., elected lower house using first past the post and appointed upper house [senate in Canada, house of lords in the UK]).

[@SkySlug12]

@@dealbreakerc Yeah, I didn't think North America was the whole landmass and the USA was the country. Thanks for correcting my mistake. '^3^

[@ronald3836]

The USA still has an incredible democratic track record of 235 years (admittedly for a long period there were serious democratic restrictions). Even another Trump presidency is extremely unlikely to destroy its democratic institutions. (But I agree that there are limits to everything.)

[@Valpo2004]

@@ronald3836 We still have a system where it's possible to not even win the plurality of the votes (Much less a majority) but win the highest office in government. Members of our state legislatures draw district lines which favor their own power. And because 235 years ago the constitution was written in such a way as to make it difficult to change then, impossible to change now there is no realistic way to fix the problems we have with our democracy. Our democracy is seriously flawed even if you remove Trump from the mix. With him in the mix it could become even worse.

[@dwaynezilla]

@@ronald3836 it's not just Trump, but the administration. Project 2025 ensure that it's "democracy" in name only (e.g. Hungary, Russia, Turkey, etc.)

[@jakewillsuffice6938]

Regular people don't have the means for a lobby group to remind their representatives to not forget about them

[@aircraft2]

Democracy is dying, even in Europe and the US.

[@TheSandkastenverbot]

Correct. Just want to point out that the US has been a flawed democracy for a long while. Maybe the malaise started with the supreme court decision that removed limits on party donations (by conservative judges of course). In the US far too many public offices are bought by corporations, even judges and sheriffs because the amount of donations you draw in has a huge influence on your election chances. Many Europeans think our lobby groups do the same but at least in Germany, France and Northern Europe it's orders of magnitude less corrupt. Then the 2-party system. For a long time there was a rather small difference between Republicans and Democrats. And now the US has only a single party that has sane people in it. Gerrymandering is at some places about as powerful as Putin's methods to guarantee election outcomes.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I'd say especially in the US. A man likely to be running in the next presidential election was the same person who helped incite a storming of government buildings!

[@أفلاكالأفكار]

Because people can see how much China, the UAE, even Saudi Arabia has developed over the last 40 years whereas the US and UK have degenerated and are complete international laughing stocks now

[@roshansundar6618]

@@TheSandkastenverbot It isn't just corporations. The state bureaucracies of most "democratic" countries have basically assumed all real executive and legislative power. It doesn't matter who you elect, because the unelected bureaucrats have real de facto power.

[@sellis2819]

and maybe thats a good thing, we could actually see the government be held responsible for once instead of just putting another selected bureaucrat on the throne to please the masses

[@Jaguar1612]

So Ukraine is "hybrid" democracy? What a joke

[@sn7747]

At 7:00, democratic backsliding in Modi Govt in India because he is popular and is fulfilling his mandate ? Violence against minorities ? You need to re-examine your data and your biases

[@nokh3382]

As a Canadian I need to ask, in what timeline is Canada’s democracy less flawed then the U.S. our government has significantly more power over the people of our country. If it’s true that we are a full democracy compared to the U.S. then I believe we might be screwed.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

Because Canada and Europe are more "democratic-socialist". These "democracy" indexes are just a measure of how dem-soc your current government pretends to be.

[@sellis2819]

the us doesnt claim to be a democracy and has a good number of states fighting "the democratic order" of course they would be less democratic as a fellow canadian i dont see how we even claim to have any form of democracy seeing as how other then the block quebecqua(frenchies however you spell it) our main parties are all pushing the exact same things only at differing rates.

[@ceu160193]

At least in your country directly lobbying your corporate interests isn't perfectly legal.

[@todo9633]

No need to get complicated about it. Russia and China support authoritarian regimes, and both those countries are rich and powerful enough to influence worldwide politics. It's far easier to destroy a free democracy than it is to build one.

[@Digital111]

0:54 Wow, Belgium is a flawed democracy? I also expected Portugal to be dark blue as well!

[@DefnitelyNotFred]

Portuguese society and justice system is controlled by one party, the Socialist Party, basically a mafia but without the family part

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

and even if there was a government there is a cordon sanitaire so your only allowed to vote for what the ruler wants wich is just dictatorship with a mask atleast kim is honest

[@BRUH-lx3jv]

Belgium doesn't even have a government

[@PipoZePoulp]

@@BRUH-lx3jv Doesn't have a working government. Strangely enough, the country didn't have a government at all a few years back, yet Belgium didn't crumble.

[@sellis2819]

belgium is just the EU capital, it has as much say in its internal politics as the bureaucrats let it which doesnt happen to be very much

[@justnotgood5628]

I do love how countries such as the UK, Japan, South Korea or even the United states are even considered Democracies even though known for their massive corruption scandals involving wealthy companies almost outright buying the parties policies, or media organizations to make sure you know the least about who you are voting for or who they support. I mean come on I don't see how the United states is any different to an autocracy with extra steps, like you can choose between a government that doesn't support your interest or another government that doesn't support you interest, like hell at least China or North Korea have the honesty to tell you that it ain't a democracy.

[@ryannathaniel9296]

These kind of surveys are definitely biased towards corporate-dominated oligarchies Makes me wonder that the people behind these are pushing forward the idea that corporate rule = good

[@importantsomeone153]

@@ryannathaniel9296 its funded by cia agent george soros west is trying very hard to change regime in india but they failed before they will fail again

[@doodoo2065]

​​@@ryannathaniel9296In some countries you dont even need to convince people of that. Argentina voted for a libertarian president even though the left party tried its best to lie, manipulate information, and paying ads with literal disinformation and defamation about him on KZbin (They used more than 5 million dollars just on this, which is even crazier when you consider Argentina's inflation, which was of course mostly caused by them) The libertarian candidate still won, not only that, he won by a 10% difference, which is crazy considering that was also the election in which most people voted in Argentina since... Ever i believe. Edit: Also, the amount of discussion regarding fake information made it so that bassically most people know at least something about politics now, which is honestly really good

[@harukrentz435]

If youre friendly to the west you have the best democracy.

[@The_king567]

The fact you believe this just how unintelligent you are dude the people vote that makes it a democracy read a book

[@AndrewRusherLDS]

Most countries that are described as democracies are not democracies, they are republics or monarchies. Another key factor to consider is that countries that are democratic but not pro-western are going to be considered illegitimate democracies because the outcome in these countries are not going to result in a pro-western government.

[@asdv-gm4yy]

Give us an example why don't you?

[@pranavingale6850]

​@@asdv-gm4yyBangladesh

[@AndrewRusherLDS]

@@asdv-gm4yy the United States of America is described as a democracy but is a Republic, the United Kingdom is described as a democracy but is a monarchy & Russia is democratic but isn't pro-western so it isn't considered a democracy despite Russia doing the same thing as the United States & the United Kingdom. The only requirement for a country to be a democracy is that the country is elected by the people so countries like the People's Republic of China or Islamic Republic of Iran are democracies.

[@asdv-gm4yy]

@@AndrewRusherLDS "Russia is democratic" That tells me enough Have fun in life friend

[@AndrewRusherLDS]

@@asdv-gm4yy do people vote in Russia?

[@michaelstagar4254]

Greenland is so Democratic it can't be measured. Mainly cause the entire population is 4 penguins who vote by stacking pebbles in a box that says YEA or NAY, and all the voting topics involve eating fish.

[@WhiteManInAVan]

I hoping Britain is on the list. With the effective 2 party system we have and both being duplicates of each other, we can either vote for a party that wants to ban protest or a party that wants to ban protests.

[@MrMalmir]

What about Charlie?no one elected him yet he lives in the palace with your taxes while your people can barely feed themselves he also can suspend Parliament and chose the PM anytime.

[@jamessloven2204]

You can have a system like the Netherlands and not have a government!

[@MrMalmir]

What about Charlie?no one elected him yet he lives in the palace with your taxes while your people can barely feed themselves he also can suspend Parliament and chose the PM anytime.

[@MrMalmir]

@@jamessloven2204 Like not having constitution isn't bad enough for em

[@VietnameseBall911]

@@jamessloven2204 time to eat our prime minister i guess

[@st1ssl214]

Well, more participation at least here in Germany seems more like unintelligent rumbling than an valuable part in discussions

[@alvinhoklk]

Nicht nur in Deutschland überall

[@TheSandkastenverbot]

Stimmt. Die mit den extremsten Positionen sind oft auch die lautesten. Ich hab jedenfalls noch nie jemanden "es ist komplizierter als es scheint" rumgrölen hören 😂

[@Im_Z_4747]

6:15 Bangladesh mentioned🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 WTF IS ECONOMY , WTF IS FREEEDOM OF SPEECH , WTF IS SECULARISM .

[@shinjonmal8936]

Tbh, Secularism is just a word on paper in Bangladesh.

[@arminxvs3372]

In some countries the votes are so split up between the parties that everybody is forced into coalitions with 2 or even 3 parties. Thus, no one can really fulfill their promises because for EVERY decision you need a compromise. OR you have basically 2 parties like in the USA. So what a democracy that is when you only have 2 corrupt choices. Also democracy can be unbelievable slow which is a problem when decisions need to be made quickly (look at how slow Germany was during the Pandemic). A lot of people are bored or fed up with BS-talking politicians and feel their faith in democracy declining. Problem is: we don't have any better alternative as all other systems are even worse.

[@videopompano4935]

I am worry for Africa if we keep having a decline of democracy in Africa it will be hard for Africa union to integrate over Africa nation

[@Sterren-ws6jc]

The main problem with democracy is that you can't really pursue long-term goals if left-wing and right-wing parties can't agree on stuff, and if political parties fail to agree over and over and nothing changes for years, people lose trust in democracy. Look at San Salvador, that country fixed its crime problem only thanks to a strong and smart dictator/president. I will always have the stance that a strong and smart dictator who cares about his country and people is the best form of governance, but finding this dictator is incredibly hard.

[@ernimuja6991]

And then he dies and you have 200 years of Stalins. It really is frustrating.

[@dwaynezilla]

The solution to that is that people vote out the politicians that can't cooperate. That's the role of the masses in a democracy. But mass media has poisoned the well and now instead of picking capable politicians people are doing a popularity contest. Dictatorships aren't bad when you have the "right" person in it, but even if you have the right person in there, the wrong person evils their way into the position and corrupts the system. That's why it's bad. It's not about how it works when it works, but how it works when it doesn't. Broken democracy is far better than a bad dictatorship.

[@fooddipclips5900]

But the thing is that if you don't have democracy many dictators end up with dumb policies that will bite the country later, for example china's one child policy, so i think we need a middle beetwen these to to make a country more efficient

[@malogibeaux4946]

I don't really liek that exemple. That dictator did arrest a lot of people, but at the detriment of human rights and arresting a lot of innocents in the process. But the most problematic thing for me is that he probably won't do anything against poverty to try to make his campaign long-lasting, so either the gangs surge again, or San Salvador becomes a military dictatorship, both terrible options.

[@jayrogan1835]

Salvador is an inferior example. Crime wasn't fixed in Salvador the government imprisoned thousands of people criminal and innocent and placed them in jail. The systemic reason for crime wasn't addressed. If the action was coupled with an action that would ensure a long-term crime reduction then that would improve the quality of this example. Still, thus far no plan has been implemented to reduce the attractiveness of the criminal lifestyle and the influence that rich cartels in the area have on the youth of Salvador. You claim that democracies can't pursue long-term goals which is in itself a false statement but then use the short-sighted solutions of a dictator as a counter point which completely contradicts your statement. Democracy is the best solution moving forward and a fantasy of some "smart dictator who cares about his country and people." is nothing short then a fantasy that in practice rarely happens because it doesn't work.

[@christianherrmann]

Horrible democracy index graph only showing 5.2 to 5.6, makes everything look extreme while there is only less than 10$ change in the score

[@leqiaop1840]

"democracy" was the famous slogan of previous USSR group. After 1990s, the west finally took it as own slogan.

[@yeeyw]

Well i don't know democracy declining maybe because every politician that selected somehow turned 180 the moment they took seats. Not to mention corpo/celeb/rich people felt like they can do anything without repercussions and above the law.

[@ChadSimplicio]

Which definitely defines Trump.

[@Hater_Ultima]

Thats literally biden.​@@ChadSimplicio

[@Sencifouy]

With all the 49.3, the police brutality, sometimes pans being forbidden as well as our liberty to freely demonstrate on the streets; the fact that France isn't at least YELLOW is mind boggling to me. During the Corona period, the Economist described it as a "failing democracy" and - trust me - it has gotten WORSE

[@KnowhereClue]

Send in the Helldivers

[@failfailwin8827]

How'd ya like the taste of DEMOCRACY! Side note, between political donations and the media being the loss making plaything of wealthy people with agendas, we're really not that far from 'managed democracy' anyways...

[@slickimz223]

Democracy encourages people to have different opinion, yet when someone shares their opinion it's consider a 'threat' to democracy. Fukin' jokers 😂😂

[@ethandouro4334]

How I sleep after this info: 💤😴

[@alanrobertson9790]

Intro, 30 seconds in, in 2024 more voters than ever before, putting democracy to its greatest test. Weird, isn't people voting what democracy is about.

[@Riddle_Central916]

Can you check out this video about the US elections? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGLPg2B-qt1rf9Usi=omQZJj-vfwczsbJ1 Very appreciated!

[@AbSINth444]

Ah, you see, it's only democracy when people I liked win.

[@MD-rl9kr]

Yes, because rigged elections, uninformed voters, and military intervention aren’t issues at all. Woke People, am I right? Thinking they have basic human rights, how crazy is that?

[@epicyoda.]

This guy is extremely biased

[@BritishRepublicsn]

Lots of places holding elections at the same time can pose some risks, so having one year with a whole bunch of people voting puts the strength of democracy to the test

[@juanmartin1729]

In my view, democratic principles are largely evident across many Asian nations, spanning from China and Vietnam to Armenia.

[@diogorodrigues747]

Democracy is in decline basically because our educational system is still based on the model of the Industrial Revolution and it's completely outdated. In today's world, where you have all the information about the world available on your hands (incluind false information, lies, external propaganda and manipulations), with the exception of very few and sparce examples (like Finland or Estonia), you still have an education system that doesn't foster critical thinking, one of the most important things for democracy and the 21st century society/technology. There are only two ways to revive democracy: either we go again to the era of forums and small Internet bubbles (of the 00s) or we completely change the way we view education. If we continue with our path until now, we'll be all consumed by tyrants and go into a dystopia where people have no rights.

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

Where TLDR News Global is popular, Democracy is in Decline by sapping our confidence in it.

[@liamsandersonmusic]

End Corporate lobbying!

[@devamjani8041]

As an Indian, I can assure you that democracy is fine in India. Their are dozens of media houses and youtubers who have made a fortune criticizing the government. Supreme Court had also slapped the government whenever they try to breach constitution. The most recent example which happened a few days ago is when the SC struck down the electoral bonds that government tried to bring.

[@RandomHuman1103]

"Where is democracy in decline?"...well to be fair,everywhere

[@jhwheuer]

😢guys, careful with graph baselines. The first diagram shows a rather sensationalist view. Don't go down that alley.

[@tomasvrabec1845]

It doesn't. That graph started above 4 for a valid Reason not due to sensationalism. It's how graphs work... Stop assuming graphs start at 0, that don't, they rarely ever do...

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

​@@tomasvrabec1845lets start at 10?

[@jhwheuer]

@@tomasvrabec1845 thank you for clarifying that. In 40 years of making statistics dance that had not occured to me. Of course this is not a weak attempt to make the changes appear much worse than they actually are.

[@johnallen7807]

And I'm afraid the UK cannot be called a "real" democracy if you look at the number of people that actually vote. In two by-elections last week more that 60% of voters didn't vote, in Wakefield last year it was even worse, the turnout was 29% and the winner got 18% of the role, in other words 8 out of 10 people got an MP they did not support!

[@inbb510]

Local elections never have good turnout. People just want to live and enjoy their private lives between elections. There is nothing wrong with that.

[@johnallen7807]

Doh! A by-election is for a seat in the House of Commons not a local council. I've stood at all levels, often used to get people complain about rubbish collections, bad pavements, schools i.e important things run by the council but when I ask if they voted most "couldn't be bothered". A general election is every 5yrs, local government every 4 yrs, are you seriously saying people haven't got time to vote?@@inbb510

[@sellis2819]

the uk isnt a democracy, its a bureaucratic subject state of the global american empire

[@johnallen7807]

So what are you doing about it? I vote and stand for ReformUK. We need complete electoral reform with PR STV so every vote counts.@@sellis2819

[@sveintorenorum8101]

Full democracy does not exist anywhere. What we have is a representative democracy where a group of people in a political party is elected to control the resources and write the laws of the nation as they see fit. A real democracy would be when everything has to be voted on by the whole population before any decision can be made. In my knowledge, that has never happened, because we rarely get to vote on anything that the politicians decide on. It would be nice to try it though, a direct democracy instead of a representative democracy would certainly remove the people who are in politics just to line their own pockets and the pockets of the corporations they make deals with. Politicians are only there to make it seem like we have a choice. And we all know deep down that that is not true. But we can take back that power, and i really hope we do someday soon.

[@tashi7186]

I wish the subtitles were actually written and not just automatic.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

The issue is mostly with the narrative after the cold war where many former Soviet block countries, European colonies in Africa, and American puppet dictatorships were presumed to be democracies after holding elections in the 90s or 2000s, but labelling them democracies was premature. Most the countries which are backsliding were never really functioning democracies, they had maybe 2 or 3 normal elections at best before backsliding, butbmany didnt even have that. Basically all the central asian states of the Soviet Union, Russia and Belarus were never what we might call normal democracies. If we look at countries in the Middle East and South America, many were never democratic and instead mostly had military dictators interrupted by intermittent semi-free elections. So Egypt never really backslid, they're just in their normal state.

[@kreuner11]

It's weird japan is considered a full democracy.. It has been led by one party for like decades

[@Sewblon]

Turkey is east of Poland. But its part of Western Europe. Poland is west of Turkey. But its part of Eastern Europe. Why? How?

[@MedicalMilitaryDoctors]

In my opinion the only problem with Americas democracy is there is no age limits

[@sellis2819]

how about the massive bureaucratic state that fights against any political change it disproves of even if the majority of Americans want it?

[@MedicalMilitaryDoctors]

@@sellis2819 ah, thanks I completely forgot about the bureaucracy

[@daxil44]

Bro, Your country is still following the monarchy. You do not have any right to say about democracy.

[@jsg9575]

Sorry but group political discussion has always been opaque. There hasn't been a time in history where it was public so saying whatsapp is a technological reason for this makes no sense. This has been the default for the entirety of history. What isn't the default is the speed at which we acquire and dispense new information nor the breadth of said information accessible

[@noterrormanagement]

Uh oh here come all the weird anti-democracy people.

[@ThatBernie]

yep, the usual bots and trolls, freshly farmed and imported from Russhia

[@akshatk1690]

here we go again , West crying about democracy decline.

[@keyemku6399]

I think people make the mistake that democracy's flaws are a sign that a new system should be tried, despite that it's very likely undemocratic systems would exacerbate their current concerns.

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

To be fair their definition of “flawed democracy” is pretty biased and loose

[@yourdailybeats1127]

The amount of congnative disadance is craaazy

[@MahazonaTiN]

Lol who colored sri lanka as full democracy 😂

[@IonianGarden]

It's coloured as a flawed democracy.

[@Pixels666P]

Can't identify colours?

[@cl8804]

literally noone. nt, tho

[@nicocorbo4153]

maybe rising apathy and polarization are due to growing wealth inequality and social stratification. people feel less connected to those of different wealth brackets and interact with one another less. hence, the disconnect between regular folk and politicians and apathy toward authoritarianism.

[@ernimuja6991]

Bingo. There’s only a few politicians which are hearing the people and responding to them, making the people want to get rid of the rest and get these people in power.

[@dwaynezilla]

The extent of wealth inequality is mind-blowing. A quarter to you (25 cents) is the same proportion of a $50,000 wage as $100 is to a person making 20,000,000 per year. To someone making 20,000,000 per year paying someone $50,000/yr to do their chores is like you paying $125.

[@The_king567]

@@ernimuja6991no there isn’t

[@The_king567]

Nah well quality has no major impact on any of this, and it never will read a book

[@ernimuja6991]

@@The_king567 For you? We’re talking about other people which are making their intentions clear. Your opinion really doesn’t matter as much as you think it does.

[@Honorbound43]

If you don’t discuss the economic reasons for the decline of democracy ie: wealth inequality, destruction of the middle class, entrenched monopolies, loss of national resources and devaluation of national currencies you miss the mark

[@ama-gii]

full democracy : "here i am, putting a piece of paper in a box. see you in 4 - 5 years"

[@BritishRepublicsn]

You also have local elections, and the ability to lobby your politicians

[@inbb510]

OP thinks democracy= just voting.

[@Bigleyp]

That map is literally just showing places where the right may win for 50% of the countries. What is the index based on?

[@alvinhoklk]

Well to be fair I see a couple of green countries where the right currently is on power or has very good chances like Germany Netherlands Sweden

[@cl8804]

gee, might there be some correlation between extremists gaining power and democratic backsliding, i wonder...

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

They appear to use as benchmark whether establishment left is in charge. If so it's top notch democracy even if opposition was squashed by lawfare.

[@mintydewdrops]

The fact that (at least, using the thumbnail, as well as the index itself) a country like the Philippines is listed as "democratic" whereas a country like Cuba is listed as "authoritarian" is very telling of who made the list and what purpose this serves.

[@alex29443]

Having been to Cuba last summer solo travelling, that place is not a democracy by any stretch of the imagination. They have no legal opposition, it's a total sham. It is a full kleptocracy; robber barrons ruling over quasi-serfs, it is a pathetic state of affairs, people are absolutely desperate to leave.

[@normalyoutube495]

Philippines is democratic (but flawed because of some provinces having the same leaders for a long time)

[@Alex-xh9wo]

Why is hungary green in the thumbnail?

[@remyphilly5168]

Sewage

[@CharDhue]

​@@momytik yeah Brunei is absolute monarchy

[@dheeraj3945]

Maybe they planted a lot of trees

[@AYTM1200]

Because it's in Europe.

[@sellis2819]

why is most of europe considered democratic? its not a measure of democracy

[@angliccivilization1346]

That just shows that democracy is a Western value, and the West should just expect Western nations to have democracy, and others to not.

[@alvinhoklk]

It is a fair point if other countries opt by themselves to have a democracy then good for them if not then not. I always hated Europeans going around the world forcing other countries to adopt their values.

[@erenjager4698]

Yeah as an American who has learned about all of my nations history of trying to "spread freedom", I must say that trying to spray it around doesn't work. I want people of all nations to be happy and have the freedom to choose their leaders, but I've accepted that unless they ask for help to do it maybe we should stay out of it.

[@The_king567]

Wrong everyone should have it

[@The_king567]

@@erenjager4698you are the problem the most equal form of government for its citizens is democracy and maybe the leaders don’t want it but pretty much every citizen would rather be democratic than not read a book

[@sellis2819]

democracy is a new western value, europe has a long and rather great history with constitutional monarchy. its really only an american value but the global american empire is in charge so everyone must follow

[@Lamalas]

I have doubts about the map at 0:52 as it shows Belgium as a flawed democracy. Whilst it certainly has flaws and the far right is on the rise, at the moment it is without a doubt still a full democracy.

[@sellis2819]

a nation that has no control over its own policies is not a democracy, its a subject state, the european capital state

[@Felineintuition]

Romania is in the green zone? What a joke! We're neo-communists all the way 🤣🤣

[@calebbearup4282]

It's hard to think of the US as having a good score on this scale as long as there's no voter ID laws in place that would prevent non citizens from voting in the election

[@erenjager4698]

Idk where you live but you certainly need to be able to identify yourself. At least here in NY. If your name isn't in the system then you won't be voting. Idk how it is in other parts of the country.

[@andrashorvath4860]

Correction: Hungary is now a hybrid regime.

[@inbb510]

Democracy is overrated and especially in the age of instant gratification, it is bound to be extremely chaotic for the countries that have them. Democracy is overrated because firstly, politicians are only elected for a very short period of time, say 4-5 years. Therefore, political parties have very little incentive to make long term decisions as there is absolutely no guarantee that they will be in power after those 5 years. Furthermore, even if the political parties do try to pursue long term plans, the people can get very impatient as more often than not, the people want policies passed NOW rather than waiting 20 years for it to flourish so their children can enjoy the fruits. Furthermore, it only takes an opposition to be elected after 5 years of pursuing that long term policy for all of that progress to be overturned if the party doesn't like those long term plans. The result is that countries like China can build 10,000 kilometres in 10 years and countries like the UK not being able to even build 160 miles in 20 years. Another disadvantage of democracy is that everybody gets to vote on matters that they are not necessarily experts in or even understand. What's more sexy? Someone who has a manifesto which is like a wishlist saying that the problem is simple where one has to do "Just (insert some naïve solution) + other catchy soundbites" or some nuanced politician which has less sexy policies where it details the benefits and tradeoffs of pursuing such policies to be honest to the people. Obviously many people will choose the former as easy-sounding solutions make people emotionally cope better in a very chaotic democracy. Why try to understand the nuances of the problem when a politician says that the problem is actually extremely simple in their very sexy colourful manifesto? The result is that politics becomes more and more sloganised and nuance becomes dead. Another disadvantage of democracy is that a lot of time has to be dedicated to debating every single mjnute detail of the policy in spite of whether the party has been elected or not. In many countries where they have proportional representation, a lot of political capital and time is wasted on just being able to form a coalition. And even if the coalition does materialise, everything still has to be debated anyways. The end result is that very little gets done in the space of 4 or 5 years. Again, there is a reason why China built 10,000km + of railways and motorways in 10 years and Europe hasn't built anything close to that recently especially with regards to green infrastructure. I would say Western democracy only had an illusion of it being superior because much of its wealth it has in the first place comes from its past colonisation of other countries rather than the merits of democracy per se. For example, France/UK didn't get richer because of democracy but because much of its wealth is as a result of the stolen wealth of other countries during their colonial era (or with France their continued exploitation of the Sahel region with the CFA franc). For countries like Norway, Denmark and Sweden, these countries were already wealthy before they introduced their democratic State welfare system due and more recently due to the sovereign welath fund they created with their oil reserves. It has got nothing to do with democracy per se. Democracy is overrated and people have to stop treating it like some flawless God where anything is possible. Democracy is just a means to an end and not an end in and of itself.

[@IonianGarden]

Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Winston S Churchill.

[@AYTM1200]

​@@IonianGardenit's almost like you didn't read anything he wrote.

[@ChadSimplicio]

So you're saying that every country should ditch democracy for some form of autocracy or dictatorship? Your views is making far right politicians do the happy dance.

[@inbb510]

@@ChadSimplicio , no I'm saying don't treat democracy like a God where anything is possible. Just because politicians are slow to do things compared to say China doesn't mean democracy is broken. Just because there is coalition chaos doesn't mean democracy is broken. Just because it takes ages to get policies past doesn't mean democracy is broken. That's all.

[@ernimuja6991]

The way democracy was designed, at least in the US, was that the government simply deals with law enforcement, public utilities, and domestic and foreign defense. Due to this, all the other issues are yours to focus on and people flourished because they took their fate in their own hands. But now, all people can think about is how to fix their problems through the government. So yeah, it becomes as you said “what can you do for me in this short term”.

[@SP95]

A newsfeed calling every political opponents "far" and "extreme" wonders if democracy has a problem

[@Talisguy]

Not all of them, just the extreme ones.

[@SP95]

The extremely extreme extremistically extremists ones ?

[@cl8804]

no, just the xtreem ones

[@theuralictribes5689]

Western Europe also belongs in the orange/red zone given how they treat their people O.O

[@rahmadisatriowibowo7019]

i miss 2016-2017 elections so bad, truly the peak of democracy

[@GaneshBhat-l3x]

It seems that he didn't see minorities abusive nature in india

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

High political participation is sign of a hard life, people generally are busy with their own day to day life and hobbies, common person always view politics as a filthy and dangerous field for his miniscule capabilities to involve into, high participation shows the high pressure of a life strangling the average person so hard, he actually has to recognise the need and take action to leave his comfort zone, exposing themselves with kind of action they wished they could steer off forever... rise in that index is actually in accordance with the rest, the situation grows from bad to worse to desperate, and so people have to try to fix things, voting is one of their few last stones to throw, before they are forced into more risky and costly options...

[@Kwippy]

Democracy is undermined when people of their own volition vote into power such people as Trump, Erdogan, Modi, Duterte/Marcos, Bolsonaro etc. You get the government you deserve.

[@kzcciynk]

Lmao every Indian has seen the difference between bjp and inc don’t comment without any knowledge i bet you’re even an Indian or live in India

[@svanimation8969]

U have. No idea what INC was 😮 u have no idea ! AFTER BJP we literally saw India growing ! I'm 26 year old I saw equally both parties rules very closely !

[@pranavingale6850]

Trust me if people are voting for authoritarian bjp against secular democratic INC, then one has to think how bad is INC party!

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

Democracy is undermined when people vote into power someone who is not establishment approved...

[@sellis2819]

your assuming democracy is purely good which it has very clearly shown itself not to be

[@aaronjones8905]

Lawfare is alive and well in the US.

[@donaldlee8249]

Democracy is all well and good until you actually need to get things done

[@noterrormanagement]

What are you on about? The last century brought about the largest socio-political change in history. Under democratic systems.

[@Talisguy]

Autocracy isn't actually more efficient than democracy. It tends to be _less_ efficient in the long run because there's no mechanism in place to course-correct if the autocrat makes a mistake, and the effects of power on the brain make mistakes increasingly likely over time. Admitting they made a mistake is not a thing autocrats are generally good at, and it's not like you can vote them out after a policy failure.

[@donaldlee8249]

@@Talisguy no company is run on the principle of democracy, and we all know private companies are far more efficient than government

[@alonbinyamin]

Democracy is barely functional. We stopped trying to improve and find a better system. Democracy is the best form of government we (humanity) designed so far. But that doesn't mean it any good. I wouldn't want to go back to other forms of from history, but there is a perception that Democracy is amazing and there is no need to move past it. It's absolutely not. It's a deeply flawed system that just barely not collapses completely.

[@sellis2819]

democracy has in no way been the best. comparing the improvement in quality of life with constitutional monarchs its actually pretty bad outside of the american republic

[@NoHandleForMe516]

Not a fresh thing to comment on, but still massive Kudos to you guys for citing your sources and indicating where they are used in your reporting. A massive step forward in credibility and quality. Thanks guys!

[@ymeynot0405]

Does increased participation matter when it is in countries like Russia and China?

[@000Dragon50000]

0:57 It feels weird to only show recognised states on this map, since projects like what used to be called Rojava would be off the blue end, potentially requiring a new colour on the end of the scale lol. It's mostly effectively autonomous so really it should be it's own section on the map, not lumped in with the rest of Syria's red. Also, with everything I've heard of Vietnam, shouldn't it be yellow or blue?? Or at least pink? It's certainly no china or russia. Finally, I'd personally demote every single country with representative democracies that run off first past the post one colour category, rather than proportional representation and/or ranked choice voting.

[@mattikunnas1962]

You really should have mentioned how technology also widens the reach and impact of so called ''establishment narratives'', which regardless of their implied virtuosities are not synonymous with the truth and thus can be used to steer political leanings of the masses. In comparison to this an individual online commentator with radical takes feels a lot more 'fair' and 'democratic' regardless of their rhetoric.

[@Adsper2000]

I genuinely do believe the internet may cause the downfall of human civilization. 1 in 10 Americans now believe the Earth is flat. The number is higher for Millenials and Zoomers.

[@PeterOGorman]

The US is not a very good democracy; The whole first past the line voting system means even if in a state 49% vote republican, they get no representation. More than 40% of Americans are under forty, yet only 4% of Congress is below 40. The old and the rich want to keep it that way, I mean the almost definite two candidates are far older than the suggested retiring age, for both parties.

[@estraume]

I didn´t know Belgium is characterized as a flawed democracy.

[@sukeito]

Minecraft is Democracy Because Obama, Trump, and Biden are literally Players of it.

[@michaelgreen1515]

Sadly "electoral pluralism" doesn't do well in recognition of many independent candidates.

[@beachboysandrew]

Good video overall, but as to your comment about private WhatsApp chats: isn't citizens expressing their views with one another and not being censored as much an *increase* in democracy rather than democratic backslide? The con is that they may spread misinformation, but it seems outweighed by the pro of being able to freely discuss things contrary to whatever reigning party rules their particular country without fear of retribution