Originally posted by Ronson
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The EIU Democracy Index:
(Overall score out of 10)
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(Overall score out of 10)
1 | Norway | 9.87 | Full democracy |
2 | Iceland | 9.58 | Full democracy |
3 | Sweden | 9.39 | Full democracy |
4 | New Zealand | 9.26 | Full democracy |
5 | Finland | 9.25 | Full democracy |
25 | United States | 7.96 | Flawed democracy |
Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index:
(Overall score out of 100)
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(Overall score out of 100)
1 | New Zealand | 87 |
1 | Denmark | 87 |
3 | Finland | 86 |
4 | Singapore | 85 |
4 | Switzerland | 85 |
4 | Sweden | 85 |
23 | United States | 69 |
Cato Institute's Human Freedom Index:
1. New Zealand
2. Switzerland
3. Hong Kong
4. Canada
5. Australia
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15. United States
1. New Zealand
2. Switzerland
3. Hong Kong
4. Canada
5. Australia
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15. United States
Global Peace Index:
1. Iceland
2. New Zealand
3. Portugal
4. Austria
5. Denmark
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121. United States of America
1. Iceland
2. New Zealand
3. Portugal
4. Austria
5. Denmark
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121. United States of America
World Happiness Report:
(out of 10)
1. Finland (7.809)
2. Denmark (7.646)
3. Switzerland (7.560)
4. Iceland (7.504)
5. Norway (7.488)
6. Netherlands (7.449)
7. Sweden (7.353)
8. New Zealand (7.300)
9. Austria (7.294)
10. Luxembourg (7.238)
...
18. United States (6.940)
(out of 10)
1. Finland (7.809)
2. Denmark (7.646)
3. Switzerland (7.560)
4. Iceland (7.504)
5. Norway (7.488)
6. Netherlands (7.449)
7. Sweden (7.353)
8. New Zealand (7.300)
9. Austria (7.294)
10. Luxembourg (7.238)
...
18. United States (6.940)
Care to rephrase your claim of "objectively true"? Objectively speaking, New Zealand appears to be among the top-10 most successful democracies, and the US is appears to be clearly not. If you think about something even as basic as "hasn't had a civil war", the US's 'democracy' fails to get over that hurdle.
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