At least they were kind enough to point out the source
usa vassal index
It’s so two-faced. Imagine the nerve it takes to sit in a meeting with representatives of these ‘hybrid regimes’ and ‘authoritarians’. At least the writers have the humility to call the US a flawed democracy (their freedom and democracy cheerleaders aren’t going to like that lol; the rivalry between the limeys and yanks is still alive).
The Anglo-Europeans are lucky the rest of the world is so much more civilised and willing to be the better person in the room. If I was an official for Mexico or Turkey I’d start every meeting with a recent news story and ask for an explanation to watch my democratic counterpart squirm.
I have the feeling that this is how China is starting to respond to this shit. Glorious to see. Unfortunately, it assumes that Angleuros are capable of shame (Angloeuros? – I’m coining a new word).
humility to call the US a flawed democracy
They’re Bri*ish, so they can afford a jab at their former colonies who have been pretending “their own democratic institutions succeed, whilst those of other countries fail” since the country began (Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, p. 457)
China is starting to respond to this shit. Glorious to see.
Uncritical support for more of this
Yeah cool South Korea is a full democracy not like it’s owned by Samsung and cultists or anything
not like it’s a foreign military occupation or anything
Move along move along nothing to see here
Cuba: starts a countrywide voting referendum for the entire island to decide to push LGBTQ rights further than the US and many EU countries.
Saudi Arabia: is a literal absolute monarchy
The Economist: “These are literally the same”
It’s like a sort of heat map of liberal capitalism. The bluer the color the more aligned you are with the leading imperialist powers lol
I fixed it
Lol took into account political participation, gives Aotearoa New Zealand full democracy status. Our voter turn out is in the toilet, the select committee process and public submissions are only accessible to the bourgeoisie not the working class.
No, that’s where you got it mixed up, tankie, lower participation = freedom
France is somehow a full democracy, even though in the past 6 years every protest has been blasted by the police, and laws with 20% popular support have been adopted without letting the national assembly vote them.
