*Are you surprised by any of the results on the map?*

@pusheenfan7436

3 жыл бұрын

No

@georgewashington4032

3 жыл бұрын

Where is belgium?

@alymetallic

3 жыл бұрын

@@pusheenfan7436 LMAO

@ComradeHellas

3 жыл бұрын

MURICA #1 LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE OBESITY

@Sim4oo

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgewashington4032 In Western Europe, bordering France, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and Germany.

"democratic republic of Congo" They really clickbaited their entire nation

@captainmarjac5154

3 жыл бұрын

Damn

@matuu888

3 жыл бұрын

This deserves more likes

@brbw

3 жыл бұрын

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

@El-s

3 жыл бұрын

Ice land and Greenland allow us to introduce ourselves

@plumebrisee6206

3 жыл бұрын

The Very Democratic People's Republic of Korea

I think it's ironic, that the two least democratic countries have "Democratic" in their full name "Democratic People's Republic Korea" "Democratic Republic of the Congo"

@FreeManFreeThought

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescollier3 put down that crack pipe bud, that shit ain't healthy.

@JSG003

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescollier3 antifa has nothing to do with these countries, antifa is anti fascism whereas both countries are fascist

@alexhennigh5242

3 жыл бұрын

They know what they're doing 🤣

@user-nk4bh6ek2u

3 жыл бұрын

What do they do with democracy and like too much?

@iliketea9122

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescollier3 this is a shit take

I love how Mongolia is landlocked, poor, depopulated, and surrounded by historically communist regimes but is still democratic never would have guessed

@The-NSA

3 жыл бұрын

Well most of Mongolia’s population herd livestock on the steppe and live in tents.

@jessiemayfield6749

3 жыл бұрын

@@The-NSA that’s what I meant, you can imagine voting day? A logistics nightmare and still doing better than some countries in Europe

@The-NSA

3 жыл бұрын

@@jessiemayfield6749 yeah

@cprow0997

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not surrounded by communist regimes

@moritamikamikara3879

3 жыл бұрын

Whenever it's time to call a vote for the new president, all Mongols in the country attend the Kurultai.

"Democracy is the best" - Kim Jong Un

@anshul554

2 жыл бұрын

Fucked up democracy 😂😂😂😂

@jj_cars99

2 жыл бұрын

No, Kim. Authoritarianism is important for you and we hate it.

@stripura8588

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@user-vu9ex9sx5u

Жыл бұрын

Kim:Yes,so democracy is only mine.Undemocracy is yours.

@user-rn8kc3wl4v

8 ай бұрын

In reality, Deoncracy is Communism.

Lesson of the day is that ”Democratic” in country’s name is often a clickbait.

@piekay7285

3 жыл бұрын

West Germany: Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany) East Germany: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)

@eagle1de227

3 жыл бұрын

@@piekay7285 You should always be suspicious when a country bears democratic and republic in its name because it means 2 times the same thing: one time in greek and one time in latin. its kind of a double positive...

@piekay7285

3 жыл бұрын

@@eagle1de227 That’s not true: republic comes from Res Publica which means public affair and democracy means something like rule of the people. A Republic can be undemocratic but a democracy has to be a republic, but tbf English isn’t a good language to explain it in. The best language would be German but I doubt that you could understand it

@Tyhros

3 жыл бұрын

Hence the Anathema of 'Liberal democracy'

@RacingGuy570

3 жыл бұрын

*LOL*

Make a video: The Most and Least Corrupt countries in the World

@Jack-ql4ij

3 жыл бұрын

The us #1 on 1 end iceland #1 the other

@tessjuel

3 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, there are no reliable statistics on that unfortunately. There is a corruption *perception* index - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index - but it only measures how corrupt people *believe* various countries are and the only thing you can really learn from it is that some people believe just anything.

@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH

3 жыл бұрын

Scandinavia

@MinecraftMasterNo1

3 жыл бұрын

@mehappy Italy: Hold my pasta

@TheBobVova

3 жыл бұрын

@@MinecraftMasterNo1 Russia: hold my vodka.

General Knowledge: **has a black pencil cryaon** Also General Knowledge: **draws in orange, blue, green, yellow and purple with it**

@JohnsonPadder

3 жыл бұрын

lol talk about nitpicking

@auritro3903

3 жыл бұрын

Crayon?

@m.a.6478

3 жыл бұрын

If you combine all colours it can draw, it appears close to black. That's completely normal, nothing to worry about...

@dulcedeleche000

2 жыл бұрын

@Eli Wilson 1 digit IQ thats why !

Democracy is not perfect but it is best out of every other alternative. ❤️ To all democratic countries from an Indian citizen.

@xyossprezt6544

2 жыл бұрын

Hi from democratic country too, love from Indonesia 🇮🇩❤️

@ImAilkenFPS

2 жыл бұрын

A free marked capitalist society - anarcho capitalism

@coachman1532

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImAilkenFPS yeah democracy is free market capitalism pretty much all of the trime

@keralanaturelover196

2 жыл бұрын

India is not true democracy. USA is true democracy and federalism. India is central govt controlled.

@mahendradhanushreddy2620

2 жыл бұрын

@@keralanaturelover196 omg US the country which ensures a low vote turnout??

This study: Canada and USA form a continent on their own. Also this study: Australia and New Zeeland is grouped with eastern Asia. ???

@luis_zuniga

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty arbitrary if you ask me

@fatheranthony4pope

3 жыл бұрын

Just skewing data. Split one continent in half and combine another two together. Only way USA can still "win".

@basilpunton5702

3 жыл бұрын

The English have weirdest ideas about the world. Often using the bad grouping of East Asia with Australia and the south-west Pacific. Only makes sense to the English. Certainly not to the peoples of these regions. Arrogance and stupidity.

@Delgen1951

3 жыл бұрын

@@fatheranthony4pope Except the USA had nothing to do with this study, nor does it win. America is not even in the top eleven, so update your ideas Comrade.

@Fire-pg2zx

3 жыл бұрын

@@fatheranthony4pope what? that makes no sense. America had nothing to do with this study so stop blaming literally everything on them

"Those who lived before you fought to achieve." Me, a german: "Yeah about that..."

@bayern1445

3 жыл бұрын

my great grrandpa Was a nazi lol!

@Thatotter223

3 жыл бұрын

Very reductive view of German history

@willywodka1924

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thatotter223 You know that was a joke, right?

@lorenzolongo4376

3 жыл бұрын

@@willywodka1924 nah it was the classical left wing globalist comment on something that they don’t understand, like history or basic politics.

@Thatotter223

3 жыл бұрын

@@donkey7921 what

Americans when they’re not even top 20 most democratic: “Impossible. Perhaps the archives are incomplete”

@mwskyrim5516

3 жыл бұрын

The US is a constitutional republic so it's not that surprising.

@piercemartin4846

3 жыл бұрын

@@mwskyrim5516 true, but aren’t a republic and a democracy the same? If not, can you explain the difference

@The-NSA

3 жыл бұрын

@@piercemartin4846 no, a (Direct) democracy is where a the people vote on both laws and leaders. Republics are when the people vote for representatives to make laws.

@newwaveinfantry8362

3 жыл бұрын

The index is BS. Norway being on top makes absolutely no sense, because with a quick google search you will find that Norway has strict laws against "hate speech". You can't claim to be "the most democratic country" but not have the most important right of all that is freedom of speech.

@Harry_Thomas24

3 жыл бұрын

@@newwaveinfantry8362 in America it is against the law to walk across the road and you’re calling Norway BS?

One must keep in mind that freedom and democracy are two different things. They are definitely related though: a free society must be a democratic one, but a democratic society is not necessarily free.

@godemperorofmankind3.091

2 жыл бұрын

i looked up the various freedom indexes and most of them correlate pretty well to the democracy index. for example scandinavia ranks highly in both

“I love democracy.” -Sheev Palpatine

@timothymckane6362

3 жыл бұрын

"I love democracy." ~Joe Biden

@umbra6771

3 жыл бұрын

@@timothymckane6362 I think Biden is a sith lord

@niceguy1891

3 жыл бұрын

k

@niceguy1891

3 жыл бұрын

@@chandankhuntia77 wtf dude

@geoplane3799

3 жыл бұрын

@@umbra6771 If biden is a sith lord, Trump is Darth Jar Jar Binks

Who needs a democracy everyone is happy under the glorious potato regime

@salihalraziqi4963

3 жыл бұрын

Hail potato

@apotato5567

3 жыл бұрын

@@salihalraziqi4963 hail is for fascists scum comrade we prefer long live the potato

@SaxandRelax

3 жыл бұрын

@@apotato5567 ok nevermind then

@moggie

3 жыл бұрын

You are mine.

@apotato5567

3 жыл бұрын

@@moggie but I thought I got rid of you in 1845

I'm from Russia and I'm surprised what "deficit of democracy" in Russia isn't equal minus 146%

very interesting content - thank you for sharing this! Rudi Belgium

Culturally, Mexico belongs to Latin America, while geographically it belongs to North America.

@checomartinez3854

3 жыл бұрын

Well the north even culturally belongs to north america, cities like TJ, Monterrey are much more closer culturally to North America than to Central or South

@Shadowkiller-dq2ju

3 жыл бұрын

Because then Mexicans will bring down the average This is a joke and it’s weird how it’s not counted for North America

@freyzerb.castro9124

3 жыл бұрын

@@checomartinez3854 There isn't such a thing as North America when it comes to culture, North America refers only to the geographical division of the continent, the cultural term would be Anglo America and I honestly doubt even the nothern regions of Mexico can be counted as a part of it

@haterboy19888

3 жыл бұрын

@@freyzerb.castro9124 true ,Quebec is unique compared to english speaking N.A. for example and northern México is just like the rest of México but more cowbow-ish, i dont know why they keep insisting on their "uniqueness"

@haterboy19888

3 жыл бұрын

@@checomartinez3854 the poorer areas of TJ and monterrey look like tegucigalpa or San Salvador dont lie to yourself

Stop lying, Madagascar ain't democracy, it's a monarchy. Julian is its king.

@alioshax7797

3 жыл бұрын

You can be a monarchy and a democracy. Look at the UK, Belgium, Netherland, Sweden...even Canada and Australia are technically monarchies.

@baldwinthefourth4098

3 жыл бұрын

@@alioshax7797 Bro, that was a joke. Did you watch Madagascar?

@alioshax7797

3 жыл бұрын

@@baldwinthefourth4098 I don't know much about Madagascar's political regime. I'm just saying that being a democracy and a monarchy at the same time is perfectly possible.

@baldwinthefourth4098

3 жыл бұрын

@@alioshax7797 I meant the movie Madagascar man 🤣

@alioshax7797

3 жыл бұрын

@@baldwinthefourth4098 xDDD I'm a fucking idiot. Damn man you get me 100%

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

12:14 I wasn't surprised by Greece's high 92% support of democracy and its values, but by its lower support anywhere else..

As a Canadian I can say that we don't deserve that high of a rank. We don't even vote for our senators.

@Veriox22

3 жыл бұрын

I dont care i like your profile picture

@acommenter

3 жыл бұрын

I think they overvalued the UK too, I think FPTP should bring down the "political plurality" score far more than it does.

@georgewashington4032

3 жыл бұрын

You guys are to nice you give even your place away

@Iamtheliquor

3 жыл бұрын

God save the Queen

@acanadianperson5363

3 жыл бұрын

I am a Canadian from N.S.

Boy,am I proud of being an Indian in a sea of red countries. 🌈🇮🇳

@adambaker8689

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto Israel

@thunderbird1921

3 жыл бұрын

You folks are very fortunate.

@mukundadadam6290

3 жыл бұрын

It should be in dark green

@soos1885

3 жыл бұрын

Are you maybe but just MAYBEE an gay indian?

@ylenii

3 жыл бұрын

But you're country is poor

This video was very complete in my view. Great job! 🤠👍

DPRK and DRC: yep, we're democratic alright! Rest of the word: uh..who's gonna tell them?

The Turtle Republic is the most democratic country in the world.

@Tristanluvgod

3 жыл бұрын

I like U Adolf Ohhhh Yaaaaa

@apotato5567

3 жыл бұрын

No no the potato republic

@thanos2666

3 жыл бұрын

@Adolf Hitler I like ⚽️s

@jonahs92

3 жыл бұрын

All hail the Great Turtle!

@jonomoth2581

3 жыл бұрын

@@apotato5567 long live the potato republic comrade

2nd least democratic country: Democratic Republic of the Congo *-ironic*

@alymetallic

3 жыл бұрын

LMAOOOO IKR

@rig177

3 жыл бұрын

Least democratic country: Democratic People's Republic of Korea -very ironic

@imaduddinzakkyazizi4153

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@dgsf9444

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine there were only 2 countries in the world

@user-nk4bh6ek2u

3 жыл бұрын

NMSL

This video really interested me. I'm tempted to subscribe.

I love the nuance taken with consideration of strict categorization, and am amazed you would place at least a minute of 15 to specify those details! Thank you so much for that and I wish all content makers of intellectual content would do so. Also to note: you specified the flaws potentially misused within each chart that was easily misused (no-one can specify all misusing's as they are by definition infinite, but you covered the most important ones and I thank you for that).

Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the least democratic and Democratic Republic of Congo is the second least democratic

@JWPemperor

3 жыл бұрын

This is not the only country. Many use the name democratic, but the inhabitants can say nothing.

@crazydinosaur8945

3 жыл бұрын

and that is why you never judge a country, Party, movement, organisation etc on their name.

@mappingchannelcanadian1528

3 жыл бұрын

Oof

@floks700

3 жыл бұрын

opinion of UK ? :))) dictator Queen in UK have opinion 'bout democracy in your country? :) go to hell, Queen :)

@Based-wn9jg

3 жыл бұрын

DPRK is the most democratic country in the world, they're just a country that isn't a U.S. puppet state

I love democracy. I love the republic. -Sheev Palpatine (a.k.a. THE SENATE), 22 BBY

@rafaelalodio5116

3 жыл бұрын

He is the senate after all

Excellent presentation

I will like to see the ranking analysis next year (2021). Perceptions are interesting...

@scipioafricanus5871

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see how much Covid has changed people's perception of democracy.

“Many people before you fought to achieve” My grandparents who were fighting to be treated like normal humans: yeah um about that.

@mekolayn

3 жыл бұрын

My grangrand parent fought under a totalitarian regime to be at least save from even more totalitarian regime, and by doing that he almost got oppresed by the totalitarian regime he fought for

@benismann

3 жыл бұрын

Probably someone of my grandgrandparents fought on the Bolsheviks side

@dinosaurus598

3 жыл бұрын

@@mekolayn USSR

@Z01Xy

2 жыл бұрын

to become democratic my country had to be colonized by a democratic country so this is debunked

As a Norwegian im drowning im democracy over here

@fullmetaltheorist

3 жыл бұрын

Practically swimming in success

@joemamaobama6863

3 жыл бұрын

as a bangladeshi bruh

@Hela03

3 жыл бұрын

@Your Majesty,I'm sure the kids can sleep in their parents beds, that would be protected rights under any European nation

@yellow01umrella

3 жыл бұрын

Monarchies are the best democracies 👌

@crazydinosaur8945

3 жыл бұрын

@@yellow01umrella the most successful democracies is mostly nations where the monarch "voluntarily" gave up power.

As for the grouping, there is a more mathematical way to group countries together using grapth analysis. Make a graph with every country being a node and put a link between nodes if they share a border (hum...make all island nations connected to each other? as long as they are in the same ocean? idk). Look at the squared difference between their scores and proceed to do network analsys for grouping.

Something to keep in mind when quoting fractional numbers. They can be full verbal representation preceding the decimal, but the correct verbal nuance for any digits following the decimal is always singular. For example: 24.24 is "twenty-four point two four" not "twenty-four point twenty-four" ;)

Thailand is democratic? Prayuth: Laughing as his "election" worked.

@MidhunKrishnaR

3 жыл бұрын

You are Thai ? Can you please tell why your Kingand queen has " Indian " names ? 🙄

@seventh-hydra

3 жыл бұрын

@@MidhunKrishnaR The Ramayana had a huge cultural influence (Part of why the Thai kings are called 'Rama') and was a major influence on the Ramakien (the Thai national epic) As a result, a lot of the King's names are based on Sanskrit or outright references to the Ramayana and Ramakien For example the current kings name, Vajiralongkorn... Which can mean "Possessor of the thunderbolt of Indra" although it can also mean something like adorned in diamonds, as Wachira means both.

@MidhunKrishnaR

3 жыл бұрын

@@seventh-hydra Oh , so Hinduism was once in Thailand 🙄?

@seventh-hydra

3 жыл бұрын

@@MidhunKrishnaR A little bit, but mostly it was Thereveda Buddhist. It just had an impact, and hinduism did influence this style of buddhism. I don't really know the history of why, maybe a lot of influence from Indian traders in the early days which left a lasting legacy. Another example of that influence is the Kingdom of Ayutthaya (one of the early major Thai kingdoms), similar to Ayodhaya.

@MidhunKrishnaR

3 жыл бұрын

@@seventh-hydra 😮 your knowledge is mind-blowing 👏

nice presentation very interesting keep it up

Excellent and free of ideology analysis, it all makes sense from whatever perspective you look at it. Well done indeed mate!

"Democracy is 2 Wolves and a Lamb deciding on what to have for dinner." - Benjamin Franklin

@mrmerperls7383

3 жыл бұрын

@@Heath580 exactly

@paulgeorge1699

3 жыл бұрын

The second part of the quote is the best “Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”

@paulgeorge1699

3 жыл бұрын

@@votesus9819 of course it is his quote

@Ggdivhjkjl

3 жыл бұрын

Great to see you understand how democracy is evil.

@paulgeorge1699

3 жыл бұрын

@@votesus9819 oh I honestly did not look at the comments above when I commented lol sorry

I like how the countries that name themselves "Democratic" are actually the least Democratic.

I decided to do the calculations for averages based on continents (taken from Wikipedia) instead of the arbitrary regions shown. Since some countries showed up in two continents I chose the continent they are physically on, example Kazakhstan is listed in both Europe and Asia but is physically in Asia. Oceania (4 of 13 countries) Average 7.56 Europe (40 of 46 countries) Average 7.40 South America (12 of 12 countries) Average 6.46 North America (14 of 23 countries) Average 6.21 Asia (47 of 49 countries) Average 4.40 Africa (50 of 54 countries) Average 4.22 Countries not included in Democratic Index: North America: Belize, Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis Europe: Kosovo, Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Vatican City Africa: Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles Asia: Brunei, Maldives Oceania: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Palau, Tuvalu

I think it's really good that you take different aspects into account. Saying things like "these results don't mean a country is democratic. They can also mean that..." It makes a person aware that results are not always black and white, and that they can be scewed due to certain factors.

For some countries, their flaws are hidden very deep within the system, and are impossible for this survey to find.

@SparrowValentine

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Like the "full democracy" countries may look perfect and free, but they're not full democracies, as democracy literally means rule of the people, and not every person rules in these 'democracies'

@herrakaarme

3 жыл бұрын

@@SparrowValentine There are no real democracies in the world. Switzerland is the closest thing since the citizens keep voting there on various things throughout the year, but all the other democracies in the world are representative democracies. It means the citizens elect politicians for a period of time to handle the things. Even representative democracies may have direct voting every now and then, such as in the UK the Brexit vote. Democracies, by nature, aren't the most efficient form of government, and a direct democracy is even less efficient. Voters, that is, the adult citizens, typically have their own work and business going on, they haven't got the time to read hundreds of pages of stuff to make educated decisions. The politicians, however, are paid to do nothing but go through that stuff in order to make intelligent decisions. This is why direct democracies aren't more common.

@Windja69

3 жыл бұрын

Well no these flaws often affect how democratic the country, this then affects how people view their country. Even when they can’t find it the first half of the video isn’t a survey

@Windja69

3 жыл бұрын

@@SparrowValentine well it means they function like a democracy, not are a democracy. Not to mention a modern day complete pure democracy is nearly impossible with so many citizens

@SparrowValentine

3 жыл бұрын

@@Windja69 it is possible... democracy isn't meant to be used in a widespread way, having communities with a couple hundred or thousand people all around the world, can work with democracy

USA: "We're the best democracy in the world!" Actually, a flawed democracy. *surprised pikachu face*

@RodrigoroRex

3 жыл бұрын

But then they'll say "we're not a democracy, we are a republic"

@muricaball3350

3 жыл бұрын

@@RodrigoroRex that is such a stupid excuse for the us not being democratic enough. A republic counts as a democracy here. It's a representative democracy.

@stephenjenkins7971

3 жыл бұрын

@@muricaball3350 Eh, the democratic index is pretty flawed to begin with. I think the electoral college is a necessary function of US federalism and unity yet the democratic index uses it to count the US as a "flawed democracy". I can understand from the POV of "not direct enough" but then by that logic Parliamentary democracies should also be "flawed" because they don't directly vote in their executives and leave that to the party and coalitions are not exactly chosen either. That's just my take.

@deliriouswhome1

3 жыл бұрын

@@RodrigoroRex representative democracy/consitutional republic...no were not a true democracy..

@mediafrucot3885

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenjenkins7971 What do you mean about parliament democracies ? I don't know for other countries, but here (france, not a parliamentary democracy i know) we directly vote for the members of parliament, as well as for the president. only the senators are indirectly elected, by the parliament and other local reprsentants.

Interesting to have a discussion of the most democratic countries with _Preussens Gloria_ playing in the background.

I love how the democratic republic of the Congo is the 2nd least democratic country

Omg, since when Mexico is not on North America?!?!! WTF!!!!!

@Qingep

3 жыл бұрын

@@galanothi Mexico is in North America

@daffs7166

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't all of central america included Caribbean is part of north America? Since there is only 2 continent in the Americas

@tsu4869

3 жыл бұрын

There is only 1 continent, south, central or North america are only regional divisions... Like in europe there are east europe and scandinavia, for example

@keltdavies8792

3 жыл бұрын

@@tsu4869 When I was going to school, our school atlases had 2 continents for the Americas, North America (Canada and the United States), and Latin America (everything else). When I got to high school, it was changed to have everything from Panana North to be part of North America. My atlas was published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1970. I grew up in Alberta, Canada. I entered high school in 1989 (born in 74).

@tsu4869

3 жыл бұрын

@@keltdavies8792 sad bro... Canada is supposed to have a great school sistem...

Merry Christmas, General Knowledge🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

@josueveguilla9069

3 жыл бұрын

@benett palas Thanks. You, too. Merry Christmas🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Watching a lot of your videos just makes me feel lucky to be Dutch tbh

Staye blessed Sir. Thank u sir

Video about democracy *Imperial Russian anthem plays in the background*

@BatkoMahnovets

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know about the song but crimea became russias property in this map!?

@ablorenz

3 жыл бұрын

@@BatkoMahnovets because it is Russia's land. De facto.

A Shark loves democratic countries!

@ananttiwari1337

3 жыл бұрын

Democracy is yes

@ww3pilot433

3 жыл бұрын

Copycat

@salihalraziqi4963

3 жыл бұрын

I love a shark

@meneither3834

3 жыл бұрын

Where is the turtle ?

@danorott

3 жыл бұрын

@@LarzGustafsson You are against capitalism AND democracy? Are you related to Stalin of something?

Well from my study from Canada to Argentina they are part of the same continent, these are divided into three regions, North America (Canada, USA, Mexico), Central America (Guatemala to Panama), South America (Colombia to Argentina), Then it can also be divided by culture, Anglo Culture (USA, Canada) where they speak English, Latin Culture (Mexico to Argentina) speak Spanish, Portuguese and French

6:40 Is that Zürich's "Sechseläutenmarsch" playing in the background?

I'd be nice if you would put the source for the data directly into your description so we can take a closer look if we want.

4:05 - Nope, it's clearly Northern Europe

@SwissTanuki

2 жыл бұрын

Switzerland is not in the north

I would enjoy your take on the top functioning nations and democracies on indices like education, ppp, gdp, rime, happiness, resources etc. You might be uniquely positioned to show how stability can be achieved. Thanks for your efforts.

It will be interesting to see how this one ages! Videos like this covering different time periods would be interesting, too. For instance, Portugal was once under Salazar and Chile under Pinochet...and the USA is on a real rollercoaster.

I absolutely adore how you put the effort in these videos to keep people aware that critical thought is still important, and that not all seen here should be taken as facts. I personally appreciate this.

@ladybug591

3 жыл бұрын

........eh!???

Funny how the most democratic countries have a monarch

@Veriox22

3 жыл бұрын

Its because the monarch does literaly nothing

@300fusionfall

3 жыл бұрын

@@Veriox22 Sure, just found it interesting, don't have a problem with the monarchy myself.

@Michformer

3 жыл бұрын

It's also worth pointing out that those countries are constitutional monarchies rather than absolute ones.

@300fusionfall

3 жыл бұрын

@@Michformer Yes I know

@ninchan2

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that, too. Funny, you would think that 'monarchy' and 'democracy' are mutually exclusive. And yet, here we are.

It scares me how singled out Brazil has become in international discussion

I don't understand how the middle east can be so red, I thought the US brought democracy there.

@cprow0997

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@MCSTNDTCAFAG

3 жыл бұрын

Irak => Dark orange 😂 🤣

@Alwaysonhots-bu6lu

3 жыл бұрын

Saying that america brought order and democracy is delusional

@Petitmoi74

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alwaysonhots-bu6lu It was sarcastic, God

@aguacateadosmilpesitos

3 жыл бұрын

@@Petitmoi74 you do realize your tone does not show through a screen, or that your way of writing it does not imply that it's sarcasm or that other people should recognize it?

European here, I must add something that is based entirely on my opinion, thus people are free to disagree respectfully with me - some nations who've been on the Eastern side of the Iron curtain during the Cold War, although they're still regarded as democracies, should be in my opinion placed on a somewhat lower rank than they actually are. A clear example of this would be my home country of Bulgaria - an incredibly powerful oligarchic society has emerged which has embedded itself in almost all of the civil administration in my nation. This results in a clear trend of corruption practiced on all levels of power and a low rank of freedom of the press - I believe Reporters without borders have places us at around 110-111th place overall worldwide. There is a clear trend here that although ex-Soviet influenced nations are struggling and trying hard to establish a democratic society, endorsed by culture and education, a lot should not fall under the category of a flawed democracy, rather it should be categorized at the line between a hybrid regime and a flawed democracy - Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine,Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, etc. All these nations have clear issues regarding their current democracy IMO and I would be more than happy to be respectfully proven wrong by people who live in these places. But in my opinion, the real reason that these nations from Eastern Europe are struggling and should not be placed in such a high place is because overall the concept of a democratic society is not as strong as for example the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries and more. These countries, especially the UK and France are the birthplace of modern democracy as we know it and have shed a lot of their blood to defend these ideals that are currently being established in the ex-communist states. P.S.: Please do excuse me if some errors are found, English isn't my native language.

@ninchan2

3 жыл бұрын

good point very well made. I think we need to remember that in the area we are referring to, the democracy is currently 30 years old at best. yes, some of those nations have been, albeit briefly, democratic but that was before WW2 and doesn't, therefore, count. that means that practically all of the people ruling the countries were born and raised under the communist regime and try as you might, you will not have a fully democratic nation if half of it (if not more) has had a different system implanted since childhood through to adolescence. not to mention, that quite a few of those countries still have strong ties with Russia and we all know how well democracy did not/does not work there.

@Sim4oo

3 жыл бұрын

" quite a few of those countries still have strong ties with Russia" - this exactly. Superpowers have always tried to influence nations to their point of view, be it peacefully, or by funding a propagnda campaign in some parts of the world. Unfortinately, Eastern Europe sits between the democratic west, Russian authoritarianism and the ghost of communism, which still haunts the memories and present of a significant amount of people in some places of the world.

@alanmcgowan3457

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sim4oo Don't loose faith. A new Nation/Democracy can take two or even three generations to mature. All former Warsaw Pact and ex Soviet Countries are still learning to walk, it will take a little longer before they can run. Ireland (which I was surprised about) is now 98 years since we removed the English. There are less than 1,000 people alive today that were alive back then. So 99%+ have no memory of what the English did, nor do we have the interest in what happened back then as the same applies to them, 99%+ of them were not alive when all those things happened. Best news for Eastern Europe will come when Vlad Vlad "Putler" steps down or is removed - which will allow the neighbours of Russia take a breath and progress to total freedom from the one person who really just wants to bring back the USSR, as this is what he remembers and reminisces over.

@TheBobVova

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanmcgowan3457 >>>are still learning to walk Arrogance LOL

@bprogressive

3 жыл бұрын

western conservatives are ignorant at first place. how could a kingdom counted as a democracy?? yes they have more functional and open society than most of 2nd and 3rd world countries but still it's a theocratic kingdom,and few snobby corporate-backed junks classified as an A- grade democracy.

“Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”

@americaball4322

3 жыл бұрын

✔︎

@fortune3911

3 жыл бұрын

Lil

@budisoemantri2303

3 жыл бұрын

Clickbait

@Ggdivhjkjl

3 жыл бұрын

The Supreme Comrade is the greatest democratic leader in the world!

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is our name. Best nation

Country with gray colour: "Don't mind me, we just puppet"

as a canadian i think it is important to be clear minded and fair, therefore i have to say that canada takes an L in the secction of term limits since it doesnt have one.

We are all watching this video as if democracy (the conception of it) was a perfect and flawless system for running a country, but it's not like this. I think we have to evolve further politically still. I am surprised USA doesn't make it lower into the raking, their electoral process is far from democratic having only 2 parties viable to run for points, as each state only provides all its points to the most voted party there.

@The-NSA

3 жыл бұрын

Well seeing as we arent a democracy, that makes sense (were a constitutional republic

@stephenjenkins7971

3 жыл бұрын

Well considering the amount of participation in those parties are deeper than the multipolar party systems in other countries, it's obvious why it's not lower.

@ciaranmcdougall8719

3 жыл бұрын

Its being compared to countries that have had communist leaders, authoritarian regimes, countries without basic civil liberties and countries where political freedom is supressed obviously America even with a flawed system will be highly rated

@stephenjenkins7971

3 жыл бұрын

@@ciaranmcdougall8719 It's also being compared to multi-party democracies like Israel and Brazil. And it's still relatively highly ranked.

@marshallsweatherhiking1820

2 жыл бұрын

This ranking is biased in favor of labelling states with elected right wing demagogues as more “democratic” than the equivalent left wing ones. If the CIA likes you, you won’t ever be dark red.

Now THIS is interesting! Greetings from Canada!

@nangsandiengdoh5061

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from India a flawed democratic country

@thunderbird1921

3 жыл бұрын

I notice Somalia is greyed out here. I honestly question whether they can truly be called a unified country right now, with all the war lords and instability.

When you say your country has an effective democracy but the Country that you rebelled from is more Democratic. -- This post was made by the UK Gang.

@mr.dappermarsh3213

2 жыл бұрын

Also applies to Ireland

@kaede2282

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.dappermarsh3213 what

The fact that China isn’t in the bottom 10 is crazy

@Maryo-wr7tv

Жыл бұрын

*bottom 15th

@pokeinator7834

Жыл бұрын

@@Maryo-wr7tv fair lol

wasn’t surprised that the US wasn’t in the top 10 most democratic.

@kerms2864

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh we came so close to full democ, just bump us up a bit lol

@davidmagann1805

3 жыл бұрын

Our democracy is inherently unrepresentative to most of the population with it being a representative system collectivizing people at a disadvantage or an advantage, leading to unfair results. We are no where near a perfect democracy, we aren’t even, by definition, a democracy, but rather a republic.

@nebulaone908

3 жыл бұрын

I don't want to be a full democracy, sounds like mob rule.

@williammerkel1410

3 жыл бұрын

The writers of the US Constitution understood that above a certain level democracies tended to be unstable and prone to abuse, by having many distinct layers and levels of government that create a series of checks and balances it assures that although it may be unsightly to those that do not understand how or why it works the way it does it explains why the United States has had a single and remarkably stable republic while France has rotated through five, all of which have either been completely unsuccessful or were incredibly divisive and turbulent places such as the third and especially the fourth Republic.

@williammerkel1410

3 жыл бұрын

@@KdubbleYT just saying that something needs to be changed is not good enough, prove that what you propose is better than the current Constitution.

Chile: brutal repression and people rising France: tries to punish people for shraing videos of police brutality This guys: Full democracy!!!!

@lebens3585

3 жыл бұрын

The data is from last year chill

@geografisica

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry, soon, when the left takes the power, you’ll be as “Democratic” as Venezuela lol 😆

@antoniofranconetti4835

3 жыл бұрын

@@geografisica USA enemy: AuThoRiThAreAIn

@yeti9747

3 жыл бұрын

France: destroying cars, shops, signs, buildings, throwing rocks on police and being mad for police brutality

@tyrionlannister6459

3 жыл бұрын

@@geografisica you Nazis are obsessed with Venezuela

I think these measurements would be more accurate if the wealth of politicians would be factored in. Because if all politicians are rich than the country is probably not democratic because then richer people would hold disproportionally more power.

@Cooom

Жыл бұрын

Yes because the us politicians who make millions sometimes billions are in line with someone ruling over a third world nation like the DRC

@newwaveinfantry8362

Жыл бұрын

What? I would rather have people with experience in the free market running the country than career politicians. Although career politicians tend to also be disproportionately rich, they are both less rich and less competent than multi-milionaire and bilionaire businessmen entering politics on average, so your metric is flawed to say the least.

The thoughtfulness to put the Wiphala next to the Bolivian flag 🥹

Fascinating video, particularly the bit about the democratic deficit. It seems to me that statistic is about popular buy-in to their regime: homogeneous societies such as Saudi Arabia are going to have more tolerance for the regime which fits their cultures than diverse places such as the US, and the fact that Chileans perceive a bigger deficit than in actual fact may be to do with democracy giving them a bigger platform on which to criticise and scrutinise their own government. Poland and Hungary live right beside Germany and Austria, and have enough information about what goes on on the other side of the border to be envious. Indeed, it was the beginning of the information age which kickstarted the end of communism: the dissemination of easily accessible printing and video tapes, as well as TV broadcasting from the other side of the Berlin Wall, may well have hastened the end of the Cold War and be instrumental in resolving issues in the modern world. The recent US and UK experience has shown me also that democracy actually does work. It used to be said that 'if voting changed anything, then they'd abolish it'. Although I didn't support either Trump or Brexit, it was interesting to see (and kinda reassuring) that democracy actually functioned and the people got what they voted for, however much it might have pained me. That so many people could challenge the outcome of both Trump (and then Biden) and Brexit without repercussions also made me feel I definitely do live in a democracy -- the process may be infuriating at times and not go the way I think it should go, but people have a voice and are using it. I also pointed out when I wrote a paper on this for a university exam back at the LSE in 2001 that some global issues -- e.g. coronavirus -- need us to hold back popular will to get things done. In my paper I wrote that international response to environmental concerns necessarily had to involve nations giving up their sovereignty in order to abide by international agreements, and that this was actually preferable to complete autonomy within the world community. Likewise, I never thought I'd see the day that it was illegal for me to go and see my mother and that we had to meet at arm's length in a park (before BoJo brought in support bubbles, which was one of his best ideas as I was widowed last year at 40 and needed the support) but we have to sacrifice some democratic liberties to fight a global health problem. While I totally agree with the restrictions, I'm glad to live in a country where people can speak out even about trivial things like not being allowed to go on holiday rather than being totally muzzled. I may get annoyed by some opinions, but to be honest I prefer seeing that debate and discussion in the press than it being silenced completely.

Musical background of the video : minute 5:00 you celebrated Swiss democracy "Sechseläuten" Thanks !

7:35 Cape Verde does well, along with South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Ghana and Tunisia. You forgot Mauritius

Could we have the source in the description?

The second least democratic country: the Democratic republic of congo. Ironic.

@Elpistolero9

3 жыл бұрын

And the least democratic country in the world: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

wht's about a video in which you show the national flags, that stayed the same or simmilar for zhe longest time for example austria red and white stripe from 1230 until today?

This is a pretty old report. I have just downloaded a copy of the 2020 report, as I have with past reports for a number of years and these numbers are at least three years old. Things have changed.

Pack your things, we're moving to norway

this guy has a "IM WALKIN HEREEE" accent hahaha

Yeah, just because of the "civil liberties" part you can say that the results are very off.

Drc: has democratic in their name Also drc: is the 2nd least democratic country

13:38 As someone who lives in Poland I can confirm the truthfulness of this graph.

@hermes9042

3 жыл бұрын

Możesz powiedzieć o co chodzi? Jakim cudem Polska nie jest demokratyczni? Pis może za dobry nie jest ale większość ludzi go wybrała więc jesteśmy demokratyczni według mnie.

@michajakubowski9043

3 жыл бұрын

@@hermes9042 Tu nie chodzi o to czy Polska jest demokratyczna czy nie ale o to co sądzą Polacy o poziomie demokracji w Polsce. Mówię że ten graf jest prawdziwy bo większość moich znajomych czy rodziny uważa że władza w Polsce nie jest w pełni demokratyczna. Dodatkowo sądzę że fakt że od 1795 roku byliśmy pod okupacją i walczyliśmy z władzą do praktycznie 1989 roku (II RP była państwem policyjnym więc nawet wtedy nie było mowy o "pełnej" demokracji) na duże znaczenie w sposobie postrzegania Polski przez Polaków. Edit: If anyone wants me to translate everything above, this massage included, just ask for it and I'll do it.

@hermes9042

3 жыл бұрын

@@michajakubowski9043 No tak, ale to jest na podstawie obecnej Polski a nie okupowanej i w moim pytaniu chodziło też o to czemu Polacy tak sądzą? Ja nie jestem za obecnym żądem ale polska jest w pełni demokratyczna według mnie.

Love the video. There is something extra I would like to share. The first parliament in history was in yemen. It is stated in Quran that queen Balques of Sheba had a council made up of advisors who helped her rule.

7:03 you probably meant Montenegro instead of Kosovo judging by the map

@sriyasodharmma4021

3 жыл бұрын

You're right. Kosovo does not even exist.

@georgewashington4032

3 жыл бұрын

@@sriyasodharmma4021 are you a russian?

@sriyasodharmma4021

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgewashington4032 No. But I like Russian food.

@georgewashington4032

3 жыл бұрын

@@sriyasodharmma4021 russians dont recconise kosovo

@georgewashington4032

3 жыл бұрын

@@sriyasodharmma4021 so you russian

You should do a video comparing a democracy vs a republic.

@JollyOldCanuck

3 жыл бұрын

Democracy is a system of government and is the athetesis of authoritarianism, while the word Republic simply refers to countries where the head of state isn't a King or a Queen (unless you're talking about the historical Greco-Roman meaning of Republic which just means "a public thing" which is incredibly vague and unhelpful when it comes to characterizing modern countries). You can have a democratic Republic (Ex. France), a constitutional monarchy (Ex. The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms), an authoritarian Republic (Ex. China), an absolute Monarchy (Ex. Saudi Arabia). There are other uncommon types of governments such as Plutocracies (power concentrated amongst a small elite group, ex. Brazil), Military Juntas (military governments, ex. Egypt), and etcetera. The United States is a Democratic Republic in some ways and a Plutocracy in others (ex. the Electoral College is not obligated to follow the will of voters in their state).

The map is changing, as we speak!

That Nordic model's really working out for Scandinavia, huh? I'd probably move there if I had the funds.

@dgsf9444

3 жыл бұрын

It's hard to get rich in Scandinavia because of the taxes (only one-third of Scandinavians got rich by themselves, while in the US it's two-thirds).

@mr.beauregard8419

3 жыл бұрын

It's also hard to be poor in Scandinavia. You don't go bankrupt because you break a leg.

@leto.o5759

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.beauregard8419 are you an american? Doesn't seem so because that's very ignorant of you

@Matildavux

3 жыл бұрын

@@dgsf9444 A lot of us do not want to "get rich". We want to be happy, safe and equal. That is also a definition of rich.

@dgsf9444

3 жыл бұрын

@@Matildavux Yes, there's an income equality in Sweden, but still no wealth equality. The ones who got their wealth before the welfare state came, now can'tbe replaced by the new geeneration of intelligent and talanted people, who would get rich by introducing innovations. It's called a creative destruction and this is how capitalism brings progress to the whole nations.

Perfectly presented and explained. From a small democracy "TUNISIA"

@arifudin9151

2 жыл бұрын

The only democratic country in the middle east

What place were the baltic countries in?

Just wanted to point out that at 7:12 you called Montenegro Kosovo. Kosovo is not shown on this map.

Look how stable Singapore is. They have some control over it and Singapore is the most stable country in the world. Democracy isn’t the best option in some places.

@nilnurium231

3 жыл бұрын

Democracy is a value in itself, at least from my, privileged western european perspective

Looking at this map we can easily divide the "western world" from everyone else (with some few exceptions)

@spiffygonzales5899

3 жыл бұрын

@_ S Stark _ Which explains why before that Africa, Asia, and Australia were just bastions of democracy amiright? Lol, blows my mind how people still believe this "life is had cuz da white ppl" nonsense.

@spiffygonzales5899

3 жыл бұрын

@_ S Stark _ "No democracy nation before colonization" *Laughs in greece, Rome, Parts of Russia, some german states, etc.*

@spiffygonzales5899

3 жыл бұрын

@_ S Stark _ My point was that democracy existed long before that. Nobody gained democracy by imposing their will on everyone else. If anything colonization brought Democratic ideals to the rest of the world, not kept them from it.

@BaenjaminS

3 жыл бұрын

The point I make is that we exist

@spiffygonzales5899

3 жыл бұрын

@@BaenjaminS LIAR!!! You're with HIM!!! You brought him here to kill me!!!

I'd have more faith in the rankings if it were possible to be objective, unbiased, and scientific in evaluating different countries. Thanks for the video

@ayadhyist

3 ай бұрын

I personally think Freedom House is more accurate. It covers more countries and is centered more around actual freedom than economics.

The democracy index you showed is actually 2019, not 2020.