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countries that sore higher in terms of democracy, whats the catch? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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according to a site called democracymatrix there are 35 countries more democratic than the us

the countries

  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Finland
  • Sweden
  • Germany
  • Switzerland
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Belgium
  • Costa Rica
  • Spain
  • Luxembourg
  • Australia
  • Estonia
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • Austria
  • France
  • South Korea
  • Lithuania
  • Italy
  • Portugal
  • Canada
  • Japan
  • Taiwan
  • Uruguay
  • Cyprus
  • Chile
  • Slovakia
  • Greece
  • Czech Republic
  • Latvia
  • Barbados
  • Israel

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[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the case of UK and Spain, large fractions of their populations (Ireland, Scotland and CataluΓ±a) do not feel a partriotic sentiment towards their country as a whole

Uh, you know Ireland hasn't been part of the UK since 1922, right?

[–] Granixo@feddit.cl -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well yes, but actually no.

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Northern Ireland is not Ireland.

[–] Granixo@feddit.cl -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then why is it named "Ireland"?

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It's named Northern Ireland.

[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Speaking about Ireland, you guys should totally watch this movie. It literally speaks about how things are going nowadays.

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I literally live here.

[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thus you know the name of the biggest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly? You know, the one with an Irish name.

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Sinn Fein, yes. But what's that got to do with the point in hand?

[–] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

You know the two biggest parties in the United States? You know, the ones with English names.