https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/A_World_Divided.pdf
The "Liberal Democracy Index" is atrocious in just about every way you can expect a State Department metric to be. The apartheid state of Israel is considered a full Liberal Democracy, while Brazil, South Africa, and Colombia are all placed in the tier below it of "fragile democracy". Mexico and Bolivia both rank below Burkina Faso; the latter of which is ruled by a military government. Similarly the military-ruled state's of Egypt and Mali are ranked higher than Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua; so to is the UAE which has not democratically elected institutions whatsoever.
The metric is a statistical mess of P-hacking to get the result they wanted. Ideologically is follows the familiar patterns of adherence to state department interests = good.
https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-25-the-banality-of-cia-curated-definitions-of-democracy
the world has divided into liberal and illiberal spheres
always has been divided, though
liberals never ruled the world except through imperialism
Only two kinds of people. The folks that accept the premise of western-based global binary and the thousands of other kinds of people.
like this honestly bothers me since everyone on this site should have cleared the prerequisite Blowback listen and therefore know brainwashing was invented by the USA to claim soldiers confessing to dropping germ bombs did it bc sissy hypno
:bottom-speak: "I am feeeling verrry sleeeeepy, I am feeeeling verry sleepy, I will betray the United States, I will worship Juche, I am verrrry sleeeepy"
:blue-check: Damn. I can't believe those poor people over there have bad opinions. Let's keep bombing them and sanctioning them until they think better
You say it's a racket? That our scheme is just an illegal protection racket? Well riddle me this bat man. If the people don't want it, why do they pay for it?
nyhahahahaha nyhahahahaha the free market prevails once again BATS.
edit: wait I guess this is just The Liberal
people aren't brainwashed, it's a bribe. they accept what makes them feel better about themselves
people aren’t brainwashed, it’s a bribe.
Its carrot and stick.
Take the carrot and live a mediocre life under the boot.
Refuse, and the boot starts stomping.
6.3bn > 1.2bn
The larger class should simply consume the smaller one
