(September 3rd, 2013, 19:16)Old Harry Wrote: Well I'm not sure any country is democratic or communist right now - Russia, the UK and US look like oligopolies to me, perhaps in France you don't have to be rich to get elected (although I think Hollande is a multi-millionaire). Germany? I don't know much about the political system there but they do most things sensibly don't they? China certainly isn't Communist whatever it says. North Korea is a police state before anything else. Maybe Belgium is the best Democracy in the world?
While Communism is not existent any longer (if it ever was) there are several Democracies around. Swiss for example but also Germany,Austria, the scandinavians and a lot of the other EU-states. England I'm doubtfull about for the neglecting of a free press (the actions taken against the guardian) and the excessive sniffing and violation of privacy. Will be interesting to see if the Democracy Index for 2013 will reflect that.