Posted on Nov 22, 2021

European thinktank adds U.S. to list of "backsliding" democracies for 1st time

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The United States has joined an annual list of "backsliding" democracies for the first time, the International IDEA think-tank said on Monday, pointing to a "visible deterioration" that it said began in 2019. Globally, more than one in four people live in a backsliding democracy, a proportion that rises to more than two in three with the addition of authoritarian or "hybrid" regimes, according to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.

European thinktank adds U.S. to list of "backsliding" democracies for 1st time

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SrA John Monette

Posted 3 y ago

At least we aren't under an authoritarian regime anymore.

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SrA John Monette

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SFC Casey O'Mally - You mean like the orange boy refused to listen to anyone who didn't agree with him?

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SrA John Monette

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SFC Casey O'Mally - How was that NOT an insurrection? They were trying to overthrow a duly elected government.

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SFC Casey O'Mally

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SrA John Monette No, they were not. As much as Biden likes to pretend he is the ENTIRE government, and folks with TDS like to believe the President is the ENTIRE government, the President is just one person in government. He is balanced by Congress and the courts.

Additionally, it was not an attempt to overthrow Biden. Biden was not in power, yet. A small, but important, difference.

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SrA John Monette

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SFC Casey O'Mally - The election was over. The vote counts were in. Congress was meeting to certify the results of the electoral college. That happened (coincidentally) the same day as the insurrection. VP Pence was presiding over the proceedings. Why else would the insurrectionists been hunting him, if not to stop the certification of the election?
I'm well aware that there are three branches of government and President Biden is not an autocrat, unlike his predecessor.

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