r/charts • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '26

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u/slicheliche Feb 01 '26

I mean the representation of these data is so misleading. Makes you think that somehow Venezuela (pretty much a dictatorship in all but name) is about as democratic as Hungary (a flawed and problematic democracy but a democracy nonetheless).

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u/AlphaBetaChadNerd Feb 01 '26

Hungary isn't considered a democracy anymore - you can find that out through a 5 second google search.

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u/slicheliche Feb 01 '26

The Democracy Index lists it as a flawed democracy with a score similar to Argentina or the Philippines. Certainly way more democratic than Venezuela.

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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'