Quote: > In fact, 2006 was the high water mark for democracy in the world, with the percentage of democracies peaking that year at 57% among states over one

Quote: > In fact, 2006 was the high water mark for democracy in the world, with the percentage of democracies peaking that year at 57% among states over one million population (Figure 1), and 61% of all states. 9 Since then the proportion of democracies in the world has gradually declined, to 55% of all states and 48% of states above one million population. So you are in opposition to even the simplest provable fact provided in the article. And you wish to replace a statistic you don't approve of with... made up measurement? You then bring up that somehow, measurement of liberties would have a scientific basis? Liberties are not a physical quantities. They choose indicators and measured them. You chose to no indicators and simply stated your political bias. I will choose to appreciate the more rigorous of the two.