France 24: Half of world's democracies in decline: report
Half the world's democratic countries are experiencing an erosion of democracy, intensified by war in Ukraine and economic crisis, an international think tank said in a report on Wednesday.
"We're seeing extraordinarily severe headwinds for democracy now, intensified by the political fallout from the economic crisis that started with the pandemic and the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine", International IDEA secretary-general Kevin Casas-Zamora told AFP.
"It might be that the credibility of elections is challenged. It might be that the rule of law is under assault. It might be that civic space is being constrained", he explained.
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4 comments:
And I would say that efforts over the last 20 years to instill political correctness, and more lately the cancel culture and "woke" values, into every facet of public and private life are steadily eroding Western democracies. The message seems to be, observe the officially-sanctioned status quo or suffer the consequences.
That is correct.
Also the article is bs. Democracy is dieing due to its leadership or lack there of.
True
Democracy: AKA the right to be ruled by foreign moneyed interests.
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