A comment is saying the west is calling Saudi Arabia democratic but I literally never see that, they are constantly ranked in the top “authoritarian” states in bs classifications
It’s literal absolute monarchy, so it’s hard to spin, though i did seen some lib opinion prasing democracy on lower local level there. And anyway with their closing with China they will soon probably join the “axis of evil” in murican media and we will be constantly hearing about “so called communist China allying with absolute monarchy” never mind libs did that for decades not to mention KSA was supported by west from its creation.
Looking into the way their legislature and parliament work, from my limited understanding, it’s quite similar to Western “democratic” systems, especially the U.S., except there’s one unelected guy who has stronger veto powers and political dynasties are much more apparent and encouraged (the House of Saud of course, which exists throughout all levels of government).
I am not sure if there are any scientific comparative analyses of the U.S. and KSA, but I would be interested for sure. I would wager the systems look perhaps surprisingly more similar than different.
A comment is saying the west is calling Saudi Arabia democratic but I literally never see that, they are constantly ranked in the top “authoritarian” states in bs classifications
It’s literal absolute monarchy, so it’s hard to spin, though i did seen some lib opinion prasing democracy on lower local level there. And anyway with their closing with China they will soon probably join the “axis of evil” in murican media and we will be constantly hearing about “so called communist China allying with absolute monarchy” never mind libs did that for decades not to mention KSA was supported by west from its creation.
Looking into the way their legislature and parliament work, from my limited understanding, it’s quite similar to Western “democratic” systems, especially the U.S., except there’s one unelected guy who has stronger veto powers and political dynasties are much more apparent and encouraged (the House of Saud of course, which exists throughout all levels of government).
I am not sure if there are any scientific comparative analyses of the U.S. and KSA, but I would be interested for sure. I would wager the systems look perhaps surprisingly more similar than different.