01/25/2017 The US Is No Longer A "Full Democracy" According To The Economist
Jan 26, 2017 07:53:02 #
01/25/2017 The US Is No Longer A "Full Democracy" According To The Economist
Tyler Durden
https://qz.com/894362/america-has-been-downgraded-to-a-flawed-democracy-but-not-because-of-trump-economist-intelligence-unit-says/
While the Economist's endorsement of Hillary Clinton - and its antipathy toward Donald Trump - is no secret, we are "confident" there is little connection between the economic publication's ideological leanings and the just released report by the Economist's in house Intelligence unit, which has officially demoted the US to a second-class democracy.
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, the US has lost its status as a “full democracy” and is now what the research group calls a “flawed democracy,” as a result of an erosion of public trust in political institutions which, luckily, pre-dates Trump’s victory.
Does Trump win mark the end for liberal democracy?
https://qz.com/894362/america-has-been-downgraded-to-a-flawed-democracy-but-not-because-of-trump-economist-intelligence-unit-says/
In the EIU’s ninth annual Democracy Index, the number of full democracies around the world fell to 19, from 20 the year before. http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2016
America’s downgrade puts it at 21 in the rankings, below Japan and even with Italy.
The US has been “teetering on the brink of becoming a flawed democracy” for years, the report says quoted by Quartz.
The US has been downgraded to a “flawed democracy,” but not just because of Trump
https://qz.com/894362/america-has-been-downgraded-to-a-flawed-democracy-but-not-because-of-trump-economist-intelligence-unit-says/
Regardless of the result of the 2016 presidential election, the US was due a downgrade.
Trust has been declining in the US for decades, leaving the country’s institutions battling a “legitimacy crisis” and struggling to sustain representative democracy in its current form, the report says. http://www.people-press.org/2015/11/23/beyond-distrust-how-americans-view-their-government/
“Democracy is in trouble in the West, in the mature democracies of western Europe and the US, which are no longer obvious beacons for those striving for democracy in the nondemocratic world,” the EIU said.
The decline started in the late 1960s with the Vietnam war, civil rights movement, assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, and the Watergate scandal.
It got worse over the past decade, especially the wars in the Middle East, the financial crisis, and persistent gridlock in Washington.
And then Trump:
By tapping a deep strain of political disaffection with the functioning of democracy, Mr Trump became a beneficiary of the low esteem in which US voters hold their government, elected representatives and political parties, but he was not responsible for a problem that has had a long gestation.
According to the EIU, the decline in public trust in institutions also helps explain the UK’s Brexit vote and the rise of populist movements around the world.
However, unlike the US, the EIU judged that democracy improved in the UK, with the country’s index score rising from 8.31 to 8.36.
The Brexit referendum drew a much higher turnout than in other recent votes, boosting the country’s political participation score.
In total, democracy, as measured by the EIU, declined in 72 countries and increased in 38 countries last year.
Almost half of the world’s population lives in a democracy of some sort, but only around 5% live in a “full democracy.”
Meanwhile, about 2.6 billion people live under authoritarian rule.
Norway topped the list while North Korea came last.
Tyler Durden
https://qz.com/894362/america-has-been-downgraded-to-a-flawed-democracy-but-not-because-of-trump-economist-intelligence-unit-says/
While the Economist's endorsement of Hillary Clinton - and its antipathy toward Donald Trump - is no secret, we are "confident" there is little connection between the economic publication's ideological leanings and the just released report by the Economist's in house Intelligence unit, which has officially demoted the US to a second-class democracy.
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, the US has lost its status as a “full democracy” and is now what the research group calls a “flawed democracy,” as a result of an erosion of public trust in political institutions which, luckily, pre-dates Trump’s victory.
Does Trump win mark the end for liberal democracy?
https://qz.com/894362/america-has-been-downgraded-to-a-flawed-democracy-but-not-because-of-trump-economist-intelligence-unit-says/
In the EIU’s ninth annual Democracy Index, the number of full democracies around the world fell to 19, from 20 the year before. http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2016
America’s downgrade puts it at 21 in the rankings, below Japan and even with Italy.
The US has been “teetering on the brink of becoming a flawed democracy” for years, the report says quoted by Quartz.
The US has been downgraded to a “flawed democracy,” but not just because of Trump
https://qz.com/894362/america-has-been-downgraded-to-a-flawed-democracy-but-not-because-of-trump-economist-intelligence-unit-says/
Regardless of the result of the 2016 presidential election, the US was due a downgrade.
Trust has been declining in the US for decades, leaving the country’s institutions battling a “legitimacy crisis” and struggling to sustain representative democracy in its current form, the report says. http://www.people-press.org/2015/11/23/beyond-distrust-how-americans-view-their-government/
“Democracy is in trouble in the West, in the mature democracies of western Europe and the US, which are no longer obvious beacons for those striving for democracy in the nondemocratic world,” the EIU said.
The decline started in the late 1960s with the Vietnam war, civil rights movement, assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, and the Watergate scandal.
It got worse over the past decade, especially the wars in the Middle East, the financial crisis, and persistent gridlock in Washington.
And then Trump:
By tapping a deep strain of political disaffection with the functioning of democracy, Mr Trump became a beneficiary of the low esteem in which US voters hold their government, elected representatives and political parties, but he was not responsible for a problem that has had a long gestation.
According to the EIU, the decline in public trust in institutions also helps explain the UK’s Brexit vote and the rise of populist movements around the world.
However, unlike the US, the EIU judged that democracy improved in the UK, with the country’s index score rising from 8.31 to 8.36.
The Brexit referendum drew a much higher turnout than in other recent votes, boosting the country’s political participation score.
In total, democracy, as measured by the EIU, declined in 72 countries and increased in 38 countries last year.
Almost half of the world’s population lives in a democracy of some sort, but only around 5% live in a “full democracy.”
Meanwhile, about 2.6 billion people live under authoritarian rule.
Norway topped the list while North Korea came last.
Jan 26, 2017 07:56:59 #
Doc110 wrote:
01/25/2017 The US Is No Longer A "Full Democr... (show quote)
Compliments of your past occupier of our oval office, ..Yup, he'll of a legacy!!
Jan 26, 2017 09:03:13 #
hprinze
Loc: Central Florida
Doc110 wrote:
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Democracy is mob rule, like two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for diinner.
USA is not, never was, and was never intended to be a democracy
Jan 26, 2017 09:26:31 #
donrent
Loc: SW Florida -Born Texas-Lived Panama & Alaska
Uhhh, excuse me , but the U>S> IS NOT, nor was NEVER a Demoracy...
Jan 26, 2017 09:45:16 #
donrent wrote:
Uhhh, excuse me , but the U>S> IS NOT, nor was NEVER a Demoracy...
Don't you just hate how they like to twist fact?? Anymore when I read that I just smile and think how moronic it is..Makes me laugh...
Jan 27, 2017 11:17:56 #
donrent wrote:
Uhhh, excuse me , but the U>S> IS NOT, nor was NEVER a Demoracy...
America is a REPUBLIC'.
REMEMBER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE: ' and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands '
REFERRING TO OUR FLAG?
Not " and to the Democracy, for which it stands"
Jan 27, 2017 11:48:35 #
okie don wrote:
America is a REPUBLIC'.
REMEMBER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE: ' and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands '
REFERRING TO OUR FLAG?
Not " and to the Democracy, for which it stands"
REMEMBER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE: ' and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands '
REFERRING TO OUR FLAG?
Not " and to the Democracy, for which it stands"
Jan 27, 2017 20:47:20 #
Yes, we're a republic and yes, pure democracy is mob rule.
We are living with a whole generation of people that. . . due to a flawed education system. . . doesn't know how our government functions.
We are witnessing mob rule as the left screams DEMOCRACY and destroys everything in its path.
We are living with a whole generation of people that. . . due to a flawed education system. . . doesn't know how our government functions.
We are witnessing mob rule as the left screams DEMOCRACY and destroys everything in its path.
Jan 27, 2017 21:52:09 #
Jan 27, 2017 22:14:48 #
Sons of Liberty wrote:
Now you know I snagged your picture, rightttt and ok????
Love it!
Republic, we are!!!
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