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IntelligentBloop t1_jc9458v wrote

Reply to comment by 92835 in Recreated Economist's Democracy index chart for Georgia (country) [OC] by atdotge

Okay, so what's the alternative?

Who will define the set of metrics or indicators that will measure the degree of democracy, if not a group of 'experts' whose input is compiled together?

I do agree that they could be transparent about this (and to be fair, I haven't examined their methodology to know what their methodology and degree of transparency is), but that doesn't mean that creating a democracy index is a bad idea.

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sisiredd t1_jcarrfj wrote

I don't know. Maybe not everything can be displayed with a single value. Maybe some things are so complex that we must describe them in more detail, and maybe some things shouldn't be ranked.

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