#flawed democracy

[absurdlakefront]

Please Stop Telling Me America Is Great

Politicians love to say it’s the greatest, but the numbers (and reality) don’t back them up.

"We're just ok"

[porterdavis]

This is shameful and it’s all Trump

America, which has long defined itself as a standard-bearer of democracy for the world, has been downgraded to a “flawed democracy” in an index, we reported in January

https://econ.st/2CqJjrR

[micdotcom]

The US was just demoted from "full democracy" to "flawed democracy"

For the first time, the United States has officially slipped in the Economist Intelligence Unit's rankings of global democracy.

The U.S. went from "full democracy" to "flawed democracy" — putting us at the same level as countries like Singapore, Italy and India.

The EIU is the research and analysis branch of the Economist, which releases a democracy index every year that evaluates countries on such metrics as civil liberties and political participation. 

High scorers earn the rating of "full democracy," while the lowest are labeled "authoritarian regimes."

And for the first time, the U.S. score fell below the 8-point "full Democracy" threshold, landing instead in "flawed Democracy" territory. 

But this revelation isn't all the work of the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump. The report notes that the U.S. has be slipping in the rankings for some time. Read more

[iglooandpalmtree]

صبر

for you who has known the bitterness of swallowed tears, lodge in your throat long after the pain has left your body, know that sabr comes from the greatest source of strength.

[spinyn0rman]

Hey guys, America has been officially demoted from a Full Democracy to a Flawed Democracy.

[batgovernor]

Political poem: A.E. Stallings, 'An American Wakes Up in Athens, Greece After the 2024 Elections'

I wake up in the dark. In dark I went to sleep. There is a kind of stark Accounting of lost sheep. The day breaks with a dawn So much like yesterday’s. I turn the kettle on And brew a dark malaise. Things go from bad to worse, Let’s call it entropy. The blessing is a curse, And treachery goes free Or something. Never mind, Here in the cradle of Democracy I find There’s history enough — There on…

View On WordPress

[dr-drea]

Democracies are flawed

I really want to trust in politics and the principle of democracy, but damn, politicians are fucked up.

I always had the dream of studying political science, but I feel like what I will actually study comes essentially down to narcisitic people taking advantage of a certain system, to find new ways to stay in power and to abuse it.

I think one of the biggest flaws of democracy is, that it needs people in power positions, while at the same time depending on the majority’s trust in these people. Because power makes us humans corrupt and egocentric. And those in power will commit selfish actions at a certain point, thereby breaking the trust. And more and mor people will not trust the system anymore. It’s truly flawed.

[tendercombatslippers]

The secret police: Inside the app Minnesota police used to collect data on journalists at protests

Intrepid Response is a little-known but powerful app that lets police quickly upload and share information across agencies. But what happens

govt + police continuously WATCH ?