top | item 37521692 (no title) megapolitics | 2 years ago It’s a flawed democracy, but it’s on a consistent upward trajectory. discuss order hn newest ben_w|2 years ago Unfortunately not, they're mostly on a downward trend (I'm sure the war and Russian interference doesn't help, but it is what it is).Still better now (5.42) than Russia today (2.28) or even back in 2006 (Russia was 5.02, though back then Ukraine was 6.94).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
ben_w|2 years ago Unfortunately not, they're mostly on a downward trend (I'm sure the war and Russian interference doesn't help, but it is what it is).Still better now (5.42) than Russia today (2.28) or even back in 2006 (Russia was 5.02, though back then Ukraine was 6.94).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
ben_w|2 years ago
Still better now (5.42) than Russia today (2.28) or even back in 2006 (Russia was 5.02, though back then Ukraine was 6.94).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index