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LeroyoJenkins t1_ituy091 wrote
> Respondents were asked whether they would say things in their country are going in the right direction or have gone off on the wrong track.
This doesn't make any sense for Switzerland, to the point that it is risible.
The "Leader" isn't actually a leader. It is just a Primus inter pares cerimonial position, which each member of the Federal Council (which collectively is the actual head of the executive power and the head of state) holds for a year, based on a rotation.
It confers no additional powers, and only someone who has no idea how the Swiss political system works would consider them "leader of the country".
Altofaltception t1_ituz71w wrote
What in the world? How is India practically a dictatorship?
xEternal-Blue t1_ituzbba wrote
Liz is now the shortest serving prime minister in the UK at 49 days.
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latinometrics OP t1_ituzhhm wrote
India is actually the world’s largest democracy 🇮🇳
Crapital_Prunishment t1_itv07fj wrote
I kind of think the U.S. needs to adopt this kind of rotation. We have this massive problem of being forced to vote for the lesser of two evils. My opinion is that biggest reason we have this problem is that we give power to those who campaign for it. It takes a level of narcissism to decide to be a public figure. Narcissists are attracted to power, Thus American politics is filled with sociopaths who want to monetize suffering.
Not every American politician is like this, but enough are, that it makes it very easy to generalize and get turned off of politics altogether. Which is still a win for the sociopaths.
Wenuven t1_itv0i8n wrote
This is a misleading graphic and statement.
Mexico and Brazil are not entirely representative of the diversity within Latin America where several countries are facing sincere issues of political identity and public trust.
Two out of upwards of 29 countries is representative of Latin America?
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.
LeroyoJenkins t1_itv1hdh wrote
>I kind of think the U.S. needs to adopt this kind of rotation.
It is more complicated than that. The Federal Council has 7 members, from ALL significant parties. It is also based on collegialism: all members of the Council have to stand behind its decisions, no matter how they voted internally.
In the US, this would be, picking a random example, like having a Federal Council with Trump, MTG, Ted Cruz, Biden, Pelosi, Bernie Sanders and Schumer.
And after the council voted on forgiving student debt, Ted Cruz would have to go and publicly announce that the council voted to forgive student debt, why that is the right thing to do and why he defends it - even if he personally is against it.
tomveiltomveil t1_itv1lz5 wrote
The "MOST POPULAR" in the title text is inaccurate. This is just a selection of major countries. I'm quite confident that there are numerous other world leaders who are more popular than, say, Liz Truss.
UnadvertisedAndroid t1_itv1rcy wrote
I'm completely confused by UK politics. Was she appointed by Queen Elizabeth II right before her death? The new guy was appointed by King Charles, so I'm confused because Truss really isn't the kind of person I could see the Queen thinking was a good choice.
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.
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.
685327594 t1_itvbbse wrote
The King or Queen appointing the PM is a Historical artifact. In reality they just rubber stamp whoever the governing party elects.
685327594 t1_itvbgjp wrote
Are you even a Mexican citizen?
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micha-lmxt t1_itvmyuj wrote
How is that thing sorted? Neither by the reds, not the blues?
SuperRosca t1_itvs02v wrote
Same for Brazil, Jair is literally a corrupt, far-right moron that constantly promotes violence and made it very clear that he wants another militar dictatorship to happen here and has stolen BILLIONS of R$ but brainwashed catholics keep voting for him.
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dog_eat_god t1_itw4sm9 wrote
These people are experts at posting misleading "data".
jrystrawman t1_itwopyh wrote
Those two countries represent well over half of Latin America by population and economy though. Any ‘narrative’ about Latin America must run through Mexico and Brazil.
BARATHEON96 t1_itwq5ae wrote
There is one thing I've learned about Latin America. The more things change the more they stay the same. Ditto for Russia. They can have another civil war and a revolution and in 20 years they will still be corrupt dysfunctional nations. Anyone know why?
Wenuven t1_itwukbi wrote
By your metric, I can list the top 22 human rights abusers and say Asians continue to be the worst because of China and Turkey?
jrystrawman t1_itxi8ge wrote
No; not at all, because China and Turkey don’t represent half of Asian population or GDP... Turkey is relatively insignificant with a population less than 100million in a continent of 3billion.
frontera_power t1_itzaprt wrote
Narcissism and never admitting errors is a good way to maintain popularity.
Lopez-Obrador and Bolsonaro are both shitty leaders, but still maintain a pretty big following.
Donald Trump still has his core of supporters, despite being incompetent.
Roquet_ t1_iu0cuaf wrote
Or combination of either, I had the same question.
latinometrics OP t1_ituuzjv wrote
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