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according to a site called democracymatrix there are 35 countries more democratic than the us

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[-] bob_lemon@feddit.de 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's the criteria that the score is build on.

From a quick glance, I'd say US is majorly lacking in:

Equal opportunity to participate, vote: from felons bring denied voting rights to gerrymandering to Wisconsin votes being worth 4 times as much as California votes in presidential elections die to the EC, there's a lot of fundamental issues here
Independence of the judiciary: the supreme court is not independent, and presidential pardons are a mockery of any justice system

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