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> Is Turkey a democracy? Some say not. > If not, why not? Probably because the elections are thoroughly suspect, and people have a weird habit of being abduc

> Is Turkey a democracy? Some say not. > If not, why not? Probably because the elections are thoroughly suspect, and people have a weird habit of being abducted. > Is it a flawed democracy like the US? Well, it is probably flawed in the sense that the elections are thoroughly suspect and people seem to be getting abducted a lot. Neither of these particular criticisms apply to the U.S. in anything approaching the same capacity. > https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-democracy-rated-donald-trump-not-fully-democratic-us-president-report-the-economist-a8195121.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-de... Ah yes, the UK EIU calling the U.S. a "flawed democracy", and not the UK, when in the UK politicians are seen openly calling to discard the result of the largest referendum with the highest turnout in the history of the country, more or less because they do not agree with the people. I don't know what their indicators are, mainly because I don't want to fill out a twenty-field survey just to find out if the PDF even explains their methodology, but what could they possibly be measuring? As for the question what is a democracy, I feel like it's easier to answer what isn't a democracy. In China, the President has committed to live out the rest of his life in the office; so maybe we start there.

Accacin 8y ago
I think you are misunderstanding how our system works, perhaps if you read about how our system works you'd realise why this is not really a bad thing. However, our system is FAR from perfect (and I'm not claiming it to be).
- microcolonel 8y ago
  > I think you are misunderstanding how our system works, perhaps if you read about how our system works you'd realise why this is not really a bad thing. However, our system is FAR from perfect (and I'm not claiming it to be). Whose system?
  - Accacin 8y ago
    UK! Sorry I wasn't more clear heh.
aaomidi 8y ago
Probably because people don't have the expertise to understand the weight and the consequences of that refeurandaum? There's a reason we have delegates making decisions for us. People generally don't know the weight and consequences of decisions. We saw this with so many posts of what is the European Union originating out of UK in the days before and after the refeurandaum.
- microcolonel 8y ago
  > Probably because people don't have the expertise to understand the weight and the consequences of that refeurandaum? Sure, but we're talking about democracy not expertocracy. When called to a referendum, the people have a say in the question you ask; if you want the answer to a different question, then call a different referendum.

Accacin 8y ago

I think you are misunderstanding how our system works, perhaps if you read about how our system works you'd realise why this is not really a bad thing. However, our system is FAR from perfect (and I'm not claiming it to be).

microcolonel 8y ago
> I think you are misunderstanding how our system works, perhaps if you read about how our system works you'd realise why this is not really a bad thing. However, our system is FAR from perfect (and I'm not claiming it to be). Whose system?
- Accacin 8y ago
  UK! Sorry I wasn't more clear heh.

aaomidi 8y ago

Probably because people don't have the expertise to understand the weight and the consequences of that refeurandaum? There's a reason we have delegates making decisions for us. People generally don't know the weight and consequences of decisions. We saw this with so many posts of what is the European Union originating out of UK in the days before and after the refeurandaum.

microcolonel 8y ago
> Probably because people don't have the expertise to understand the weight and the consequences of that refeurandaum? Sure, but we're talking about democracy not expertocracy. When called to a referendum, the people have a say in the question you ask; if you want the answer to a different question, then call a different referendum.