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"The health of global democracy is regressing to Cold War-era levels. For the
average global citizen, democracy is now back where it was in 1978, according
to new research assessing more than 200 countries.
The 10th edition of the V-Dem report, released today, shows the level of
democracy for the average citizen in Western Europe and North America is at its
lowest level in more than 50 years, primarily because the United States is
becoming more autocratic.
In fact, under the metrics used in this report, the US is no longer considered
a liberal democracy. It’s instead been demoted to an “electoral democracy”.
So as other countries backslide, how does Australia stack up?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
