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latinometrics OP t1_ituzhhm wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [OC] The world's most popular leaders by approval rating as of October 2022. by latinometrics

India is actually the world’s largest democracy 🇮🇳

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UnadvertisedAndroid t1_itv0weh wrote

I'm not familiar with Indian politics, so this is a genuine question: Is it a democracy like Russia's democracy, or a real democracy (such that they exist at all)?

ETA Thank you for the downvote, I guess have my answer.

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bigdatabro t1_itv41rh wrote

It's a real democracy. Their Democracy Index according to the EIU is 6.9/10, while Russia's is 3.2/10.

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UnadvertisedAndroid t1_itv64c8 wrote

Thank you, that was very informative. I guess Russia is only perceived as a defacto dictatorship because it's so large and has nukes, so ignoring them is very dangerous. I'd have scored them closer to 0.0 personally until reading that.

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