according to a site called democracymatrix there are 35 countries more democratic than the us
the countries
- Denmark
- Norway
- Finland
- Sweden
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Belgium
- Costa Rica
- Spain
- Luxembourg
- Australia
- Estonia
- Iceland
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- Austria
- France
- South Korea
- Lithuania
- Italy
- Portugal
- Canada
- Japan
- Taiwan
- Uruguay
- Cyprus
- Chile
- Slovakia
- Greece
- Czech Republic
- Latvia
- Barbados
- Israel
Uh, you know Ireland hasn’t been part of the UK since 1922, right?
Well yes, but actually no.
Northern Ireland is not Ireland.
Then why is it named “Ireland”?
It’s named Northern Ireland.
Speaking about Ireland, you guys should totally watch this movie. It literally speaks about how things are going nowadays.
I literally live here.
Thus you know the name of the biggest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly? You know, the one with an Irish name.
Sinn Fein, yes. But what’s that got to do with the point in hand?
You know the two biggest parties in the United States? You know, the ones with English names.