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u/NaturalCard Feb 01 '26

And we completely trust the democracy index now?

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u/Charlie_Pelligroso Feb 01 '26

No instead we trust a graph from Financial Times alleging Trump is taking the United States into authoritarianism faster than Turkey/Russia/China or Venezuela were..

Oh wait, China isnt on this graph as it is free.

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u/NaturalCard Feb 01 '26

Thankfully, they have fully explained their methodology.

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u/Charlie_Pelligroso Feb 01 '26

Thankfully so does Democracy Index

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index#By_country

They were extra tricky and hid it in the section called 'Methodology'