• Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    3 years ago

    No, no, you've got an out. The last sentence is ambiguous. It could refer to how democratic the state is, or it could refer to the freedom houses methodology.

    "This state has a democratization progress of 56 because Freedom House is funded by murderous Neoliberal reactionary scum"

    • OneBillionRubyWasps [he/him,comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      One of the things about this place that makes me genuinely proud is the quality and ubiquity of communist rules-lawyering in response to bad faith neoliberal drivel. They don't mind mass death, but point out their charts suck and they go wild.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        They might shoot us all but we're not going to let the bastards win on points.

    • WhyEssEff [she/her]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Cuba is technically post colonial :sicko-wholesome:

      • L183R4L [any]
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        3 years ago

        Proceeds to submit transcripts of blowback s2

      • Straight_Depth [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Very true, deboonk their entire shitty freedumbz map by going over how their electoral system is fairer and more transparent than the US's

    • KiaKaha [he/him]M
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      3 years ago

      Exactly. All she has to do is evaluate why a country has or has not not scored highly on the Freedom House definitions of democratisation.

      Good opportunity to go through the criteria and assess why scoring highly in those metrics might not be advantageous for a nation’s development or autonomy. Especially when the criteria amount to ‘preservation of control over one’s own media and markets’.