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I'm puzzled because the power to tag someone as a "dictator" comes from some journos at TheEconomist (the company who builds the ranking which feeds the bot)...
by joeyspn 10y ago
I'm puzzled because the power to tag someone as a "dictator" comes from some journos at TheEconomist (the company who builds the ranking which feeds the bot)...
Meanwhile the rest of the world does business as usual with what some prefer to name as "political leaders". That's why I posted the image of Zuck doing business.
Do you really think that Xi Jinping is a "dictator"?
- denzil_correa 10y agoI hope you understand that the final index scores come from an input of different factors that are considered crucial to a democracy. The Economist Intelligent Unit does not randomly sit around and tag countries as authoritarian regimes not. They have a systematic method that brings about those scores. You can argue with the method but it would be wise not to dismiss the rankings because "some journos do it". That would be ad hominem fallacy.
- 24gttghh 10y agoWell. Maybe? I'd certainly consider their government "Authoritarian", but I think that about the US in certain ways too...
- denzil_correa 10y agoAnd you are right. All countries may be authoritarian on certain things while not being on others. Therefore, no country gets a perfect 10/10 score on the index.
- spacehunt 10y agoPeople can say whatever they want; the "power" of the journalists at The Economist come from the number of people who agree with them and trust their judgement. Anyway, regarding Xi: yes, he is behaving more and more like one, actually. There's a reason why people nicknamed him "Xitler".