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Re:Given the State of the World, Is It Irresponsible to Have... by usaar333 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @12:45AM (#21078251)
Overall agreed on these, but to nitpick, the world has gotten less democratic over the past decade.

57% in 2005; just under 56% in 2015; probably a bit lower now. (not sure where you get 70% from).

from https://ourworldindata.org/democracy

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Re:Given the State of the World, Is It Irresponsible to Have... by bmmayer1 on Saturday September 28, 2019 @01:24PM (#21101597)
Ah, I was including anocracies in the number because they are technically democracies and still an improvement over autocracies. Should have rephrased as "70% live in at least a partial democracy"
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