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countries that sore higher in terms of democracy, whats the catch?
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this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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The catch is that more democracy is not guaranteed to result in better government. But less democracy has way worse side effects.
With a few exceptions, I’d rather be a random citizen in any of the countries on your list than in the US.