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As reflected in our recent election. Opposition here thought being Trumpy would go well for them, instead they got thrashed. Proud to be Australian 🇦🇺.

We got Japan at +3. Not too shabby.

My own country, Canada, ranks near the bottom end of this list, I see. Nestled between Netherlands and Germany. Seems about right. #canada 🇨🇦 #netherlands 🇳🇱 #germany 🇩🇪 #democracy 🇪🇺 🕊️

Saddens me to see Kenya so high on the list. In my travels around the world and throughout Africa, Kenya has always given me some hope. Emphasis on the "some." #kenya 🇰🇪 #africa #democracy

Really surprised that Israel is so far up this list.

Surprised we don't see the Galactic Empire and/or First Order at the top of that list. Of course they were around quite a while ago

I mean yeah but they at least showed up to boot the guy out!

Britain, Canada, France, Mexico, Australia, Germany are all having serious problems right now

Ironic that if Trump called your country a "shit hole" the more likely you are to think he's doing a good job.

Save us, IKEA

South Africa- “You’re doing great, take more”

Yes, but do you suspect our 65plus seniors to try to access NYT website? On the other hand English is the language that basically every elementary school is teaching so everybody similar to me or younger should know it well. I argue it is more a political question here then about sources of info.

This is more a political question in Poland probably. The proTrump presidential.candidate just won with 51% of votes (and 73% participation). So many of those "USA is a democracy working well" are very proTrump and Maga-values. Example- biggest oposition party leader foto (the one on the right)

Not so fast: 'official language' vs 'speaking the language' are two pairs of shoes. Here are estimates: India population 1.4bn:˜265 million speak English, ˜129 million being considered fluent. Kenya pop. 52m: 2.7 million speak English to some degree Nigeria: pop. 228m: 60m speak English

i want to understand why Canada isn't where Sweden is. Oh, damn, I might actually know why

Israel sticking out like a red thumb

The chart on support for "strong leader willing to break some rules" is interesting. Unsurprisingly, Germany's at the bottom. Interestingly, Spain, Chile and Brazil, countries with more recent memories of "strong leaders" are also disenchanted with the species.