FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · edit-27 days agoThe EIU's 2023/24 democracy indexlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1imageThe EIU's 2023/24 democracy indexlemmy.blahaj.zoneFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · edit-27 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
https://www.eiu.com/n/democracy-index-conflict-and-polarisation-drive-a-new-low-for-global-democracy/
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoEh. Obviously not great and of course it will get worse but a scale from 5.2 to 5.6 is bound to look extreme in either direction.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·7 days ago2015 is the clear inflection point
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoYup. A small drop due to 2008 financial crash’s after effects. Then a steady rise back. And 2014-15-16 everything crumbles down.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days agoIs there consensus as to why?
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoSocial media and rise of foreign interference in elections, paired with massive increases in inequality.
Eh. Obviously not great and of course it will get worse but a scale from 5.2 to 5.6 is bound to look extreme in either direction.
2015 is the clear inflection point
Yup. A small drop due to 2008 financial crash’s after effects. Then a steady rise back. And 2014-15-16 everything crumbles down.
Is there consensus as to why?
Social media and rise of foreign interference in elections, paired with massive increases in inequality.