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Iran is much less democratic than the US and the rest of the Western world. 158th from 179 entries here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Dem_Democracy_Indices h
by tpm 1y ago
Iran is much less democratic than the US and the rest of the Western world. 158th from 179 entries here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Dem_Democracy_Indices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Dem_Democracy_Indices
- DC-3 1y agoYes, that's the point they're making. Arguably US citizens are more complicit in the crimes of Israel than Iranians are in the crimes of Russia since Americans have more capacity to choice their leadership.
- tpm 1y agoI understood that, only posted what I did because let's just not say "Iran is a democratic country, like the US". It is not.
- yatopifo 1y agoIran has a longer history, obviously, but it’s worth mentioning the US is no longer a democratic country. The congress has effectively delegated its powers to the president. You can’t really come back from that any time soon.
- tpm 1y agoYou (or rather the US) can come back from that in the next elections, let's hope it works.
- marcosdumay 1y agoGood, looking at data. Now search what happened to the Iran's democracy in the 70s and why their redemocratization stopped in the 90s.
- tpm 1y agoWhy stop there, let us go another millenium or two into the complete offtopic territory.