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"Democracy is when I like the boot!" (lemmy.world)
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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Serious question, what truly successful, stable and properly representative democracies are there?

Like, even if we remove the major issues around capitalism, the US democracy is as far from representing the people as democratically possible. Heck, even if you remove the electoral college it would still be a super unrepresentative democracy because of the two party system and other factors.

So what countries are out there that have functional democracies that truly represent the will of the people while being stable?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Serious question, what truly successful, stable and properly representative democracies are there?

Most of the EU. Aussieland and New Zealand. Canada. Taiwan. Mongolia. Mexico and Brazil, if you'll allow a little wiggle room in 'stable'. Possibly SK and Japan, depending on your definitions of 'properly representative'.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Not a definition of democracy, but if a country has Universal Healthcare. That’s a start. Healthcare in Canada needs help, but at least I know I’m not going to lose my home and life’s savings because of health. PP and Danielle Smith’s wet dream is to privatize health care.