tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4739786577016322785..comments2024-03-18T21:55:56.412-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Freedom House Maps the Decline of DemocracyThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15472127756941572252019-06-08T07:29:11.505-07:002019-06-08T07:29:11.505-07:00Mound,
Since I do not smoke, I can only use foreig...Mound,<br />Since I do not smoke, I can only use foreign policy articles as a kindling.<br />Also, do not flood the page with links to the western propaganda, flood it with the facts.<br />The garbage sub-title "Central Europe’s populist revolt against the EU isn’t about safeguarding the West. It’s about rolling back freedoms and cozying up to Russia" of the link you have supplied, says it all.<br />The fact is that Poles will be last people on Earth to cozy up to Russia, their brutal occupier in 18-th and 19-th century, and a country which coordinated attack on them in 1939 with Nazis.<br /><br />While we are dealing with facts, feel free to address issues of paid-for-Congress in US and FPTP in Canada. None of which exist in the current Poland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72268334930155168682019-06-07T18:15:56.112-07:002019-06-07T18:15:56.112-07:00Anon 2:14 - put this in your pipe and smoke it. I ...Anon 2:14 - put this in your pipe and smoke it. I could flood this page with links. <br /><br />https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/05/hungary-and-poland-arent-democratic-theyre-authoritarian/The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-114317164290996322019-06-07T14:14:11.789-07:002019-06-07T14:14:11.789-07:00authoritarian Poland?
The democracy there is much...authoritarian Poland?<br /><br />The democracy there is much more vibrant than in USA with paid-for-Congress.<br />And Poland has a form of proportional representation unlike in "democratic" Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33283726018111748742019-06-06T08:54:31.384-07:002019-06-06T08:54:31.384-07:00There's a great disagreement on Venezuela, Tob...<br />There's a great disagreement on Venezuela, Toby. Most people seem to latch onto the side that suits their predisposition. I cannot find enough information to determine which side is right.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-2152498802898789242019-06-06T08:51:56.617-07:002019-06-06T08:51:56.617-07:00@ Anon 8:32. Your criticisms reflect your own deep...@ Anon 8:32. Your criticisms reflect your own deep-seated biases. You should have visited the interactive map which demonstrates relative scores for countries in each of the three categories. The US, while green, does not score well against most other nations in that group. I find your take fairly shallow and sadly obvious.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-34330678916145874292019-06-06T08:33:34.737-07:002019-06-06T08:33:34.737-07:00While I agree in general with that report, Mound, ...While I agree in general with that report, Mound, I suspect an American bias. Take for example, Venezuela. Freedom House reports "President Nicolás Maduro was reelected in May, in a poll that failed to meet minimum international standards and was widely condemned as illegitimate." https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/venezuela<br /><br />https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/13843 reports, "Former President Jimmy Carter, whose Carter Center has a Democracy Program, said, “As a matter of fact, of the 92 elections that we’ve monitored, I would say that the election process in Venezuela is the best in the world.”<br /><br />Who is right? Are there other problems?Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-12131615507853365652019-06-06T08:32:11.866-07:002019-06-06T08:32:11.866-07:00Clearly propaganda. All the empires bugaboos show ...Clearly propaganda. All the empires bugaboos show up as not free, of course, while any organization actually concerned with promoting democracy finding the u.s. any better than partially free speaks volumes. Venezuela is an excellent measure of credibility as well, as there are few more democratic nations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30201673778170282032019-06-06T07:59:55.887-07:002019-06-06T07:59:55.887-07:00Folks living in the 'green countries' are ...Folks living in the 'green countries' are luxuriating in Huxley's' <br />Brave New World ... <br /><br />while the poor saps elsewhere have to live inside Orwell's <br />1984.Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.com