Indexes and Graphs are the shadows on the wall of our modern cave.
Makes a surprisingly good argument for how term limits are anti-democratic
“Liberal Democracy Index” sounds like something one of us on Hexbear would make up as a bit
There are a lot of stupid thing you learn about while pursuing a PolySci degree, these types of ‘democracy indexes’ are among the stupidest.
Liberal
Democracy
Pick one
It’s so true that when I saw it I thought I was looking at a bit. This is right up there with the economic freedom index.
Dude, I was so confused reading this. I couldn’t believe it wasn’t a bit.
Democracy is when people aren’t allowed to keep the party they want in power
Bro! Bro! Have you considered how evil it is when people like their President?
Not democracy. That’s a cult of personality. Democracy is when 7 candidates with slightly different paint jobs halfheartedly run on issues they won’t do anything about.
The Liberal Democracy Index is no joke. Everyone knows its directly proportional to the Burger Index and inversely proportional to the Bad Country Index
This poster has singlehandedly raised Mexico’s stupid fucking loser index by 15 points.
Due to flagrant disrespect toward institutions and general lack of decency in this thread, I have decided to lower Hexbear’s liberal democracy index by 0.2 points. Consider this a warning.
Noo, my retirement is all in the liberal democracy index fund
Should’ve put it into badcountrycoin, it’s going to the moooooon.
I guess we’ll just never know what the Caucasus nations scores are, never mind the Levant (Israel, Lebanon, Syria. And Jordan) [I learned a new term today!]
Don’t make me get the map out
Hey that’s my map, you just copied it!
Literally just this again:
I know a guy who’s got some democracy index points that fell off the back of the truck if anyone wants a few
Is this a bit? I can’t tell if they’re serious or doing a funny.
Not sure about the OP specifically, but the Democracy Index by The Economist is a thing that political science people believe in. I’ve met a PhD who does.
Aw fuck I should have known the “Democracy Index” was the brain-child of the fucking Economist.
I drew you as the declining line
Liberal Democracy Index fell to under the best PRI level which is considered a classic example of enduring semi-authoritarianism!
PURE IDEOLOGY
I want to beat this person with a hammer.
See this line I drew going down? that’s you!