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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by throw0101d on Saturday March 15, 2025 @03:28PM (#43374647)
> The US is arguably more democratic than the EU and many of it's member states.

By what metric?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Ranking

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_indices

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by kiney on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @03:50PM (#43404161)
Democracy can't work without freedom of speech whis is seriously broken in mamy EU countries. In germany it's completely normal to get raided by police and all your digital devices stolen for posting pretty harmless memes or opinions.
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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by throw0101d on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @07:56AM (#43410760)
> Democracy can't work without freedom of speech whis is seriously broken in mamy EU countries.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

* https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/freedom-of-expression-ind...

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