Less than 20% of the world's population now live in a “free” country

Re:Less than 20% of the world's population now live in a “fr... by dgellow on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:37AM (#26399149)

Isn’t it caused by the bill that makes it impossible for Muslims to become citizens? I’m not that familiar with Indian politics but from what I read[0] that’s more than just a small detail in my book, that’s a clear authoritarian move.

So far everything I’ve seen regarding Modi’s politics has this same authoritarian flavor.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/11/india-to-bring...

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Re:Less than 20% of the world's population now live in a “fr... by astatine on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:54AM (#26399339)

There are questionable things the government has done. My point was really about the criteria itself.

How would a criteria of "Is an external territory still under occupation?" do? Or perhaps "Is there freedom for women to get parental planning services?" Or "Are policies on immigration?"

These are just random questions, but I think the questions imply a certain definition of freedom which is where arbitrariness might creep in.

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Re:Less than 20% of the world's population now live in a “fr... by bwb on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:27AM (#26399655)

At the end of day someone defines a criteria, experts, and then they apply it. You can argue they are not valid criteria, but get detailed about which criteria they apply you don't like :).

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Re:Less than 20% of the world's population now live in a “fr... by ganti_r on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @09:36AM (#26411613)

What has freedom got to do with a change in laws on how it deals with citizenship of illegal migrants.

There is lot of fud spread without understanding

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