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Sobering that the U.S. only barely qualifies as a "full democracy". Also, how the hell did North Korea score 1.08? What do you have to do to score a zero?
by impendia 15y ago
Sobering that the U.S. only barely qualifies as a "full democracy".
Also, how the hell did North Korea score 1.08? What do you have to do to score a zero?
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- archgoon 15y agoNear the bottom, there's a link to the Economist's report http://graphics.eiu.com/PDF/Democracy%20Index%202008.pdf http://graphics.eiu.com/PDF/Democracy%20Index%202008.pdf North Korea got 2.5 points on "Functioning Government". They aren't controlled by foreign powers, and they exert full control of their territory. That gives them a 2. Maybe they got a half point for the civil service. Also, a fair number of the points you get is the perception of the populace of their government. Depending on how Orwellian the country is, they can rank quite highly on those.