The US is a republic with some democratic institutions, but the economists index isn’t some platonic indicator that gets to define who’s a good government and who isn’t. Several of its higher ranking countries have outright banned extremely popular political parties in recent years.
replyCare to tell us what the politics of those parties were?
replyBecause a functioning democracy would ban a nazi party.
So is France.
replyAnd both have a similarly executive-centric form of government where the president and the majority party hold a disproportionate amount of power. Although the US is even worse than France on this regard as far as I know.
replyI think it makes sense that both are categorised as flawed.
democracy is a lower form of government in the ancient world
replyI wonder who those critics were and what they were motivated by. (Rhetorical)
replyIf you want to talk about rhetoric look at the idea of a “democracy index” - a score suggesting a scientific approach for determining how good/free a nation is.
replyWe can play the “whose saying it game”, or look at the arguments. Democracy is rule by the lowest - and it’s easily manipulated by the popular. Buying votes, focus on the carnal, and immediate is a clear sign of democracy in decline.