I think what should especially terrify anyone looking at this chart is that three of the four closest countries are *de facto* or *de jure* dictatorships. Turkey and Russia still have the pretense of democracy but not the substance, while China obviously has neither pretense nor substance. Italy is the only one that breaks with this trend, being fully democratic.
That sort of *strongly suggests* that the US is reaching a point where the institutions and their checks on power *can be* overcome.
I know it may sound obvious, what I’m saying here, but there are plenty of people in denial, assuming that the institutions will hold.
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least buffoonish John Burn-Murdoch visualization
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what does it even mean to have “international co-operation among countries’ political movements” and how is Norway’s left exhibiting it the most
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Yet 90% of Reddit still perpetuates the myth that the US left is like other countries right.
No. Many of the US leftist views on Reddit would never get voted into power in a mainstream liberal / left wing party in the countries I grew up in, they’re more aligned to far left / greens. US left is still quite left. But the right has gone very far right. Hence the divide which keeps growing.
I am probably somewhere in the read square. On values I am probably somewhat center-left, if I were an American I would probably be a moderate Democrat. On the other hand though, my thinking about international relations is mostly influenced by realism, and not liberalism – while I support our membership in EU and NATO, I am mistrustful of others, at the end of the day everyone (both inter-state and intra-state, but sometimes with the exception of the closest people) is alone.
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So much for the Chinese “communist party”
https://www.ft.com/content/3046013f-da85-4987-92a5-4a9e3008a9e1
https://preview.redd.it/7qnk3vmfr9ne1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b900ff0f89b73d20a5d0ba1c72a43a8a11571309
I think what should especially terrify anyone looking at this chart is that three of the four closest countries are *de facto* or *de jure* dictatorships. Turkey and Russia still have the pretense of democracy but not the substance, while China obviously has neither pretense nor substance. Italy is the only one that breaks with this trend, being fully democratic.
That sort of *strongly suggests* that the US is reaching a point where the institutions and their checks on power *can be* overcome.
I know it may sound obvious, what I’m saying here, but there are plenty of people in denial, assuming that the institutions will hold.
least buffoonish John Burn-Murdoch visualization
what does it even mean to have “international co-operation among countries’ political movements” and how is Norway’s left exhibiting it the most
Yet 90% of Reddit still perpetuates the myth that the US left is like other countries right.
No. Many of the US leftist views on Reddit would never get voted into power in a mainstream liberal / left wing party in the countries I grew up in, they’re more aligned to far left / greens. US left is still quite left. But the right has gone very far right. Hence the divide which keeps growing.
https://preview.redd.it/t54si41qs9ne1.png?width=794&format=png&auto=webp&s=fe9356bfbeeb05dd08024452553c262aac17bd30
I am probably somewhere in the read square. On values I am probably somewhat center-left, if I were an American I would probably be a moderate Democrat. On the other hand though, my thinking about international relations is mostly influenced by realism, and not liberalism – while I support our membership in EU and NATO, I am mistrustful of others, at the end of the day everyone (both inter-state and intra-state, but sometimes with the exception of the closest people) is alone.
https://preview.redd.it/kkcp0a33v9ne1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=a07587e3672e8e1434b8fe78417674153e489fad