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You can't have democracy without free speech. So are countries that have more limits on free speech than what the US has, less democratic than the US?
by dagw 6y ago
You can't have democracy without free speech.
So are countries that have more limits on free speech than what the US has, less democratic than the US?
- adrian_b 6y agoThere are no single criteria that can be used to judge how democratic a country is. Many European countries have more restrictions on free speech than USA, so yes, they are less democratic by this criterion. By other criteria, e.g. by evaluating how many abusive laws they have that favor a few rich individuals that own some large companies against the majority of the citizens, most European countries are more democratic than USA. The same conclusion comes from other criteria, like how easy is for most citizens to access education or health services.