BadHairDayToday t1_j5jhn7a wrote on January 23, 2023 at 1:21 PM

Reply to comment by Super-Hotel-3784 in Polarization in different countries by AfroInfo

Now I want to hear what the populist drug doer group has to say about your side.

BadHairDayToday t1_j5jhd3l wrote on January 23, 2023 at 1:19 PM

Reply to comment by Bastard_Orphan in Polarization in different countries by AfroInfo

The Edelman Trust Barometer is a Saudi PR firm? How do you figure?

BadHairDayToday t1_j5jgtnf wrote on January 23, 2023 at 1:14 PM

Reply to Polarization in different countries by AfroInfo

I think the y-axis (polarisation) is pretty good and it feels correct, but the x-axis (entrenchedness) seems to be quite random, and an unjustified amount of importance is given to it. Like the US and Brazil are obviously super divided; aided by a centuries long two-party system. This is a huge problem and there seem to be no clear solutions for it.

Compare that to Sweden and the Netherlands that have representative parliamentary democracies and well functioning institutions; but this graph somehow classifies them as equally bad.