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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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[โ€“] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] zloubida@lemmy.world 2 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.

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

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