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Afaik, there are already specific political definitions. It's just that "the common man" isn't very educated in them, and the "language of politics" eschews log

Afaik, there are already specific political definitions. It's just that "the common man" isn't very educated in them, and the "language of politics" eschews logic and specificity in favor of generalization (in order to induce rancor and thus party-alignment). Here is the political classification of the top 50 developed nations (I tried to organize them, but it's hard...): Qatar Absolute monarchy Oman Absolute monarchy Saudi Arabia Absolute monarchy Brunei Darussalam Absolute monarchy United Arab Emirates Federal absolute monarchy Kuwait Constitutional monarchy (emirate) with parliamentary elements Bahrain Constitutional monarchy (unitary) United Kingdom Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Netherlands Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Japan Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Denmark Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Norway Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Sweden Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Luxembourg Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Spain Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Australia Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy Belgium Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy Canada Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy Liechtenstein Hereditary constitutional monarchy with elements of direct democracy Croatia Parliamentary republic Czechia Parliamentary republic Estonia Parliamentary republic Greece Parliamentary republic Hungary Parliamentary republic Israel Parliamentary republic Italy Parliamentary republic Latvia Parliamentary republic Lithuania Parliamentary republic Poland Parliamentary republic Slovakia Parliamentary republic Slovenia Parliamentary republic Finland Parliamentary republic (semi-presidential features) Austria Federal parliamentary republic Germany Federal parliamentary republic Switzerland Federal directorial republic (collegial executive of seven Federal Councilors) Andorra Parliamentary co-principality (two Co-Princes: French President & Bishop of Urgell) Chile Presidential republic Portugal Semi-presidential republic Argentina Federal presidential republic United States Federal presidential constitutional republic (representative democracy) Cyprus Unitary presidential republic South Korea Unitary presidential republic France Unitary semi-presidential republic (Fifth Republic) Iceland Unitary parliamentary republic Ireland Unitary parliamentary republic Malta Unitary parliamentary republic Singapore Unitary parliamentary republic New Zealand Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Hong Kong (China SAR) Special Administrative Region of China with “one country, two systems”

1718627440 1y ago
Not sure, why you are voted down. :-) Why did you feel the need to specify that the USA are a representative democracy? A lot of other countries on your list are, I think this it is far more common then direct democracy.
- 0xbadcafebee 1y ago
  It was added by the AI; "[ChatGPT] originally included that extra phrase only because many English-language sources habitually describe the U.S. as a “representative democratic republic”. To keep the wording consistent, you could simply shorten it to “Federal presidential republic”."
  - 1718627440 1y ago
    I thought we were discussing definitions from a professional source, where every word was carefully weighted for its inclusion and meaning, instead of "the common man".
IAmBroom 1y ago
Your "top 50 developed nations" list actually omits China, the nation with the most extensive modern rail and nuclear power, one of the top three space-exploring nations. Or do you consider them "not developed"?
- 1718627440 1y ago
  I don't know how it is in your country, but here China is still categorized as a developing country. We still pay them development aid. But I do think its miscategorized, if anything China is now the second world power and maybe soon the first. But of course the chinese government has now reason to stop this. The more power they can grab while still posing as a poor country, the better (for them).
- 0xbadcafebee 1y ago
  Honestly I just asked ChatGPT for the list and didn't notice x.x Interesting omission on its part, haha. I asked ChatGPT what's up, and it replied: "China is not in the top-50 group of “very high human development” countries. The United Nations Development Programme’s 2024 Human Development Index (HDI) places mainland China around the mid-60s globally (most recent figure is roughly 64th–68th, depending on the exact update). The “top 50 developed countries” list I used earlier is based on that HDI ranking, so China does not qualify as one of the top 50 most-developed nations. Hong Kong, which is a Special Administrative Region of China, does rank in the global top 10 and is why you saw “Hong Kong (China SAR)” in the earlier table—but that is treated separately from mainland China in the UN’s HDI reports."

1718627440 1y ago

Not sure, why you are voted down. :-) Why did you feel the need to specify that the USA are a representative democracy? A lot of other countries on your list are, I think this it is far more common then direct democracy.

0xbadcafebee 1y ago
It was added by the AI; "[ChatGPT] originally included that extra phrase only because many English-language sources habitually describe the U.S. as a “representative democratic republic”. To keep the wording consistent, you could simply shorten it to “Federal presidential republic”."
- 1718627440 1y ago
  I thought we were discussing definitions from a professional source, where every word was carefully weighted for its inclusion and meaning, instead of "the common man".

IAmBroom 1y ago

Your "top 50 developed nations" list actually omits China, the nation with the most extensive modern rail and nuclear power, one of the top three space-exploring nations. Or do you consider them "not developed"?

1718627440 1y ago
I don't know how it is in your country, but here China is still categorized as a developing country. We still pay them development aid. But I do think its miscategorized, if anything China is now the second world power and maybe soon the first. But of course the chinese government has now reason to stop this. The more power they can grab while still posing as a poor country, the better (for them).
0xbadcafebee 1y ago
Honestly I just asked ChatGPT for the list and didn't notice x.x Interesting omission on its part, haha. I asked ChatGPT what's up, and it replied: "China is not in the top-50 group of “very high human development” countries. The United Nations Development Programme’s 2024 Human Development Index (HDI) places mainland China around the mid-60s globally (most recent figure is roughly 64th–68th, depending on the exact update). The “top 50 developed countries” list I used earlier is based on that HDI ranking, so China does not qualify as one of the top 50 most-developed nations. Hong Kong, which is a Special Administrative Region of China, does rank in the global top 10 and is why you saw “Hong Kong (China SAR)” in the earlier table—but that is treated separately from mainland China in the UN’s HDI reports."