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Democracy is when only 14% of voters get to decide an entire election and the other 86% are functionally meaningless (hexbear.net)

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This is based on 43 states being considered "non-negotiable" and "set in stone" while only 7 are considered "swing" states

Also consider I specified "voters", who are at best only 2/3 of the total population, which leaves out about 100 million extra people

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[-] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That 🦅 moment when you are competing with Malta and Israel on the "democracy index" (Malta 28th, US 29th, Israel 30th) and they call you a "flawed democracy"

Some fun facts:

On the points "functioning of government" and "political culture" the US is competing with Hungary
The US has a worse score in "electoral process and pluralism" than for example Poland, Malaysia, Panama and Brazil
Besides Hungary, Eritrea and Uganda have a better score in "political culture" than the US

But ngl, people who think that the US is a perfect example of a democracy probably also think that the US is a keeper of peace for striking civilian targets in Iraq.