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What the f*** Belgium? What the hell is Victor. And why.
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Why is the ballot a broken Nazi flag
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Jul 18, 2022 03:53
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What exactly is their definition of "flawed democracy"?
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Jul 18, 2022 04:49
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The UK House of Lords and FPTP "Full Democracy"
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Bodyholes posted:The UK House of Lords and FPTP "Full Democracy" I was going to say, probably swap France and the UK and it's reasonably accurate. I think it's because it doesn't sufficiently take the particulars of the voting systems into account (aside from what you mentioned there's also the lack of judicial oversight; and also the tories are doing their best at voter suppression and gerrymandering). Private Speech fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jul 18, 2022 |
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Jul 18, 2022 04:55
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Hungary in blue is all you really need to know it's trash.
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Jul 18, 2022 05:12
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Private Speech posted:I was going to say, probably swap France and the UK and it's reasonably accurate.
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Jul 18, 2022 05:19
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lol UK more democratic than France
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Jul 18, 2022 05:46
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:What exactly is their definition of "flawed democracy"? Not Germanic enough
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Jul 18, 2022 05:56
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congratulations to kosovo for realizing mahkno's dream of a stateless utopia congratulations also to hegel for correctly pointing out that german parliamentary democracy is the apogee of human achievement and the benchmark from which all other political systems are judged
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Jul 18, 2022 06:32
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Yeah it's almost 100% a racial thing where everything is being viewed through those biases. I don't think there's basically any reason for Hungary to be rated so well and Bosnia so low compared to it's neighbors except for "Hungary feels European and Bosnia doesn't because it's too muslim."
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Jul 18, 2022 06:48
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Bosnia is in a huge gridlock due to flaws in the electoral system, it doesn’t implement crucial decisions of the Constitutional Court and is ran by three competing ethnic criminal organizations. So keep it red, I’d say.
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Sensible chuckle
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Jul 18, 2022 07:22
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Countries ruled by hereditary monarchs: full democracy
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Jul 18, 2022 11:13
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SlothfulCobra posted:Hungary in blue is all you really need to know it's trash. It's really borderline but I'd say the Hungarian government has more democratic support and is less nakedly authoritarian than the red countries. Sure they are really poo poo politically but they don't physically brutalise opposition and have widespread popular support within Hungary. e: They do engage in media manipulation, corruption and financial prosecution of opponents - but even so it's not at the level of, say, Turkey. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Jul 18, 2022 |
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Jul 18, 2022 12:13
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I'm from Flanders and I've never heard these names - we also use Kwik, Kwek and Kwak. At least we did when I was a kid, it's been over 25 years since I watched anything Donald Duck-related.
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Jul 18, 2022 12:35
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Pope Hilarius II posted:I'm from Flanders and I've never heard these names - we also use Kwik, Kwek and Kwak. At least we did when I was a kid, it's been over 25 years since I watched anything Donald Duck-related.
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reignonyourparade posted:Yeah it's almost 100% a racial thing where everything is being viewed through those biases. I don't think there's basically any reason for Hungary to be rated so well and Bosnia so low compared to it's neighbors except for "Hungary feels European and Bosnia doesn't because it's too muslim." Bosnia has a really lovely government, possibly even more dysfunctional than Belgium’s. But at least Belgium’s government is dysfunctional at a higher basic developmental state than Bosnia’s. I’m surprised Bosnia isn’t doing as bad as like, Lebanon. Maybe the lovely rear end factions (like Lebanon has) are slightly less corrupt? Or maybe they’re just lucky they so far haven’t accidentally nuked Sarajevo and Banja Luka like the Lebanese government did to Beirut? "Woops our government destroyed our capital city and main port of entry. Better keep voting them in" - Lebanese politics
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Saladman posted:Bosnia has a really lovely government, possibly even more dysfunctional than Belgium’s. But at least Belgium’s government is dysfunctional at a higher basic developmental state than Bosnia’s. I’m surprised Bosnia isn’t doing as bad as like, Lebanon. Maybe the lovely rear end factions (like Lebanon has) are slightly less corrupt? Or maybe they’re just lucky they so far haven’t accidentally nuked Sarajevo and Banja Luka like the Lebanese government did to Beirut? Just a quick reminder that the Bosnian government bought ventilators for covid patients from a raspberry grower. The devices were deemed unusable when delivered and had to be scrapped. Also, the Bosnian faction leader’s wife has an Elena Causescu style academic career, but hers is in medicine. So yes, Bosnia kills off its citizens en masse through corruption, just by different means than Lebanon. e: a hospital manager was just convicted for buying welding masks instead of proper PPE for his hospital’s covid ward, holy poo poo Take the plunge! Okay! fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Jul 18, 2022 |
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Jul 18, 2022 14:55
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Uh, are they counting the Upper Peninsula as its own state?
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There are only 12 top states in the map, and it's appropriately labeled. The tweet comes up with 13 because ?
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Isn't a hybrid regime specifically when it is essentially authoritarian but still maintains elections? It doesn't really fit for Ukraine but certainly does for Russia.
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Britain is more democratic than France because britian is minority rule. A true sign of a functioning democracy
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Jul 18, 2022 15:39
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FishBulbia posted:Isn't a hybrid regime specifically when it is essentially authoritarian but still maintains elections? It doesn't really fit for Ukraine but certainly does for Russia. It's more nuanced than that, but kinda yeah basically. Authoritarian but with some institutions that can be and are influenced by the population. The amount of institutions and the degree to which they can be influenced varies.
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I guess technically part of Ukraine was ruled by authoritarian Russia, that kinda counts as a hybrid regime? Although to be honest, Ukraine wasn't really a very healthy democracy even aside from the wars. There's a lot of videos of fistfights in the Ukrainian parliament. Although of course, the most destabilizing element for Ukrainian democracy was still proximity to Russia. The general "health" of a democracy is going to be pretty subjective, and you'd have to wade pretty deeply through a lot of local news to know of all the issues (otherwise, the grass will always seem greener in places where you know the least about).
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Jul 18, 2022 16:16
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Monarchy is antithetical to democracy. I will never believe that the UK is a democracy as long as it has a monarch. Turn Buckingham Palace into a daycare center for working mothers. Windsor Castle should be a homeless shelter.
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ultrafilter posted:There are only 12 top states in the map, and it's appropriately labeled. The tweet comes up with 13 because ? I count 13?
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SlothfulCobra posted:I guess technically part of Ukraine was ruled by authoritarian Russia, that kinda counts as a hybrid regime?
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Subjunctive posted:I count 13?
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:Are you counting Michigan twice? Alaska Hawaii Washington Idaho Montana North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan New York Vermont New Hampshire Maine
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Subjunctive posted:Alaska
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:The map doesnt have Hawaii colored yellow, despite Hawaii being a top-notch state. Oh, it’s small on my phone so I assumed, since it’s the most northerly state at its longitude I think? My bad.
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Jul 18, 2022 16:48
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Hawaii's at the same longitude as Western Alaska. 
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Subjunctive posted:Oh, it’s small on my phone so I assumed, since it’s the most northerly state at its longitude I think? My bad. WTF? If you sail directly north from any point in Hawaii you will hit Alaska's southern coast. Given the thread I'd expect people to know that the inset maps showing AK and HI are just that, and that's not where they're really located.
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Pennsylvania and Ohio would be 13 and 14 but this map is only showing the top 12
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Wisconsin doesn't have an international border but Ohio and Pennsylvania do
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Wisconsin doesn't have an international border but Ohio and Pennsylvania do They don't. They have coasts.
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Subjunctive posted:Oh, it’s small on my phone so I assumed, since it’s the most northerly state at its longitude I think? My bad. 
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SlothfulCobra posted:They don't. The border is out in the water, but it's there
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