• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I remember a bunch of Americans telling me that America isn’t a democracy, and shouldn’t score high on those indexes that rank countries… because the USA is actually a republic.

    So of course, there’s no sense in comparing the US to other countries unless they’re also republics. Or if we’re talking about economies.

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      1 year ago

      There are federal elections (of a sort) so the country as a whole can be gauged on that. And on that front… not looking so hot, either, but it’s not as bad as certain individual states.