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Report on democracy setbacks singles out US, India [Soros’ Freedom House]
Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.04.2020

Posted on 03/03/2020 9:38:08 PM PST by Olog-hai

A study by a government-funded NGO in the US has sounded the alarm on deteriorating levels of liberty in democratic and authoritarian countries alike, including extensive criticism of India, China and the US itself

The Freedom in the World 2020 report assessed 195 countries, rating 83 of them as “free,” 63 as “partly free,” and 49 as “not free.”

The Freedom House, which boasts Eleanor Roosevelt as a co-founder, has compiled the index each year since 1973.

The share of countries rated free has declined by 3% in the last decade. The index incorporates factors such as the functioning of government, transparency, the rule of law, pluralism and freedom of expression and belief.

This year’s report finds a strong global decline in governments’ commitment to pluralism, a defining feature of liberal democracy. Ethnic, religious and other minority groups have borne the brunt of recent state abuses in both democracies and authoritarian countries.

“India and the United States are the largest and perhaps the most influential democracies in the world, and their drift from liberal democratic ideals is sending exactly the wrong message,” said Mike Abramowitz, president of Freedom House. “If major democratic powers fail to set strong examples and provide constructive leadership, it will be impossible to reverse the global trends that threaten freedom for all societies.” …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: freedomhouse; india; soros; tds

1 posted on 03/03/2020 9:38:08 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Blinded by identity politics and pc.

We need new institutions.

2 posted on 03/03/2020 9:57:17 PM PST by the anti-liberal
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To: Olog-hai
Government should not be funding NGOs by definition.
3 posted on 03/03/2020 10:02:50 PM PST by Chgogal (Never underestimate the stupidity of a DummycRAT voter. Proof: California, New York, Illinois.)
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To: Chgogal

Certainly doesn’t make it non-governmental. Maybe that’s where Soros comes in.


4 posted on 03/03/2020 10:06:54 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The Freedom House, which boasts Eleanor Roosevelt as a co-founder, has compiled the index each year since 1973.
She died in 1962, fwiw.

5 posted on 03/03/2020 10:49:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Olog-hai

“...United States are the largest and perhaps the most influential democracies in the world, and their drift from liberal democratic ideals...”


Soros drives some of that. The Socialist, PC and woke cultures demand that.


6 posted on 03/04/2020 12:37:48 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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