Democracies under threat around the globe – DW – 03/19/2024
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With 63 democracies now outnumbered by 74 autocracies, a new Bertelsmann Foundation report highlights a global shift away from democratic governance, exacerbated by recent geopolitical events and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The hard facts are sobering: According to a new study, the quality of democracy has deteriorated over the past 20 years in 137 countries that are considered developing or emerging economies. According to the Bertelsmann Foundation’s “Transformation Index,” there are now 63 democracies compared to 74 autocracies. In other words, states that tend not to have free elections or a functioning constitutional state.

  • Drewfro66English
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    3 months ago

    A quote from the article lays their biases clear: that Taiwan and South Korea were ruled by authoritarian governments for a long time, but after being “Modernized Economically”, they became free.

    To Liberals, Democracy = Capitalism. If North and South Korea were identical in every way except South Korea had free markets, Western Liberals would continue to insist the South was Democratic while the North was not.