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In other words, the democratic backsliding throughout Western countries continues at a steady pace; the freedom of assembly seems to be now at the forefront. Au
by jruohonen 3y ago
In other words, the democratic backsliding throughout Western countries continues at a steady pace; the freedom of assembly seems to be now at the forefront. Australia and the UK will certainly drop in the next V-Dem measurement round (both countries are already in a slight downward spiral).
- nirimda 3y agoA slight downward spiral is a sight to behold. How can you even identify one? In fact, in the past 10 years, Australia has decreased 5 times, increased 4 times and remained steady once. Almost all of the net decrease occurred in one year. It's not great that there's been a net decrease, but it's hard to call it any kind of downward spiral, unless you deliberately define a "slight downward spiral" in such a way that you can mislead your audience.
- jruohonen 3y agoI am not trying to mislead. What index are you specifically looking at? The composite ones are not the best for various of reasons. I see declines at various individual indices after around 2015 or so.