The Economist Just Downgraded the US From a ‘Full Democracy’ to a ‘Flawed Democracy’

[Flilix]

Lawlight said:

Flilix said:

I live in Belgium and I think a 'flawed' democracy, like we have here, can be good too. Democracy is the best regime we have, but it's far from perfect. The majority rules in a democracy, but a lot of people have very little knowledge of politics, so they aren't really capable of deciding what's going to happen with their country.
Here in Belgium, every party gets a number of votes (there are quite a lot of parties). Then, a few parties can decide to form the government, if they together have the majority of the votes. This way, it's possible that the party with the most votes is excluded (I assume this is meant with 'a flawed democracy'). This is mostly a good thing though, since the extreme parties are excluded this way.

However, in the US, the situation is different. For example, Trump is already censoring the EPA, because the results of their studies may prove he's wrong.

Obama also issued a gag order but the US was still not deemed a flawed demogracy. I think it's the electoral college system that's caused this. I think Australia is a flawed democracy as well. It is a monarchy after all.

I prefer monarchies too. It's not just one person who has a lot of power (the role of kings and queens is mostly ceremonial now).