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
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
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.
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
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.
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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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."For 2021, according to the group's provisional assessment, the world counts 98 democracies — the lowest number in many years — as well as 20 "hybrid" governments including Russia, Morocco and Turkey, and 47 authoritarian regimes including China, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Iran.
Adding backsliding democracies to the hybrid and authoritarian states, "we are talking about 70 percent of the population in the world," Casas-Zamora told AFP.
"That tells you that there is something fundamentally serious happening with the quality of democracy," he added.
The report said the trend towards democratic erosion has "become more acute and worrying" since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Some countries, particularly Hungary, India, the Philippines and the USA, have (imposed) measures that amount to democratic violations — that is, measures that were disproportionate, illegal, indefinite or unconnected to the nature of the emergency," the report said.
"The pandemic has certainly accelerated and magnified some of the negative trends, particularly in places where democracy and the rule of law were ailing before the pandemic," Casas-Zamora said."
..."For 2021, according to the group's provisional assessment, the world counts 98 democracies — the lowest number in many years — as well as 20 "hybrid" governments including Russia, Morocco and Turkey, and 47 authoritarian regimes including China, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Iran.
Adding backsliding democracies to the hybrid and authoritarian states, "we are talking about 70 percent of the population in the world," Casas-Zamora told AFP.
"That tells you that there is something fundamentally serious happening with the quality of democracy," he added.
The report said the trend towards democratic erosion has "become more acute and worrying" since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Some countries, particularly Hungary, India, the Philippines and the USA, have (imposed) measures that amount to democratic violations — that is, measures that were disproportionate, illegal, indefinite or unconnected to the nature of the emergency," the report said.
"The pandemic has certainly accelerated and magnified some of the negative trends, particularly in places where democracy and the rule of law were ailing before the pandemic," Casas-Zamora said."
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