The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by eznoonze on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:34AM (#17654034)

USA is not the world's largest democracy. That title goes to India.

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Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by TomMckenny on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:37AM (#17654071)

Pre-Modi India anyway.

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Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by Areading314 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:35AM (#17654054)

By economy, not headcount

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Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by eznoonze on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:37AM (#17654076)

Then it should say "world's largest economy", not "world's largest democracy".

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Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by pyrale on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:58PM (#17655423)

If we're going to pick arbitrary metrics to fit our world views, the world 's largest democracy is France [1].

[1] Measured in quality of cheese and wine [2]. [2] Suck it, Italy.

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