obviously indices created by the west would rank themselves higher.
India has a much more robust democracy because Indians have several dozen political parties to choose from unlike the US which has only 2 recognised parties.
India has had Prime Ministers from even very small regional parties that formed giant coalitions.
Americans meanwhile are stuck with 2 parties they perpetually hate
India is not even a hundred year old democracy. It’s way too early to speak about its robustness as a democracy.
Especially considering India has already had a non-Democratic period during emergency, which the previous leadership of the BJP understood the dangers of, since many of them were arrested then, but the current leadership seems keen on basically establishing as the norm.
Unfortunately the hubris and over-confidence you’re displaying is in itself a huge factor in a country losing its democratic nature.
then imagine what the collective hubris and arrogance displayed by the people in this sub-thread would imply about their respective countries’ democratic nature.
Not OP but Many many instances of corrupt leaders or leaders with unpopular policies/poor governance being thrown out of power in elections peacefully. If anything, the fatalism & inability of Americans to change their political establishment tends to be puzzling for us.
01acheru|3 years ago
Like this one for example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index
Almost all countries up in the list are so called "Western", while India is number 46. Most sources would more or less agree with this index.
mikymoothrowa|3 years ago
India has a much more robust democracy because Indians have several dozen political parties to choose from unlike the US which has only 2 recognised parties.
India has had Prime Ministers from even very small regional parties that formed giant coalitions.
Americans meanwhile are stuck with 2 parties they perpetually hate
unknown|3 years ago
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rhaway84773|3 years ago
Especially considering India has already had a non-Democratic period during emergency, which the previous leadership of the BJP understood the dangers of, since many of them were arrested then, but the current leadership seems keen on basically establishing as the norm.
Unfortunately the hubris and over-confidence you’re displaying is in itself a huge factor in a country losing its democratic nature.
mikymoothrowa|3 years ago
shadowfox|3 years ago
Out of curiosity, why do you think that is the case?
sfifs|3 years ago
01acheru|3 years ago
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sockaddr|3 years ago