Isn't democracy collapsing everywhere? The USA's electoral voting system means democracy doesn't exist. A vote in California is worth 27% of a vote in Wyoming in terms of representation. Add on blatant gerrymandering and you've got a rigged system.

The UK has introduced voter ID laws for a problem that never existed in the past. The UK has also had multiple unelected prime ministers due to the way that the parliamentary system works.

Democracy is on the wane everywhere.

[–] Detry@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I would say they're better than a majority of other nations, but not much higher than the mean.

If you compared us to the worst we look great! We're closer to the best than the worst, but we should be competing for being the best and we're not nor does it seem like we will be any time soon.

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