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JackdiQuadri97 t1_j5654tv wrote

I fail to grasp how countries with a single party can be not polarized, I suppose the poll was not done to people in jail. Also i guess Russia is so much in the bottom left they are outside the graph.

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DaBIGmeow888 t1_j56fevj wrote

Not polarized =/= Less polarized. The graph doesn't say not polarized, but less polarized. It's relative...

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JackdiQuadri97 t1_j56kb05 wrote

Polarization is measured on a scale, it's not black or white, obviously not polarized means with no particular/ with low polarization, the same way one would say something is not expensive or someone is not smart, it doesn't mean they are free or 0 IQ

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-Spin- t1_j56xicb wrote

I guess polarisation requires that it’s possible to be open about disagreements. Which is kind of a problem in a place like Saudi Arabia, where you risk getting sawed up and dissolved in acid.

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AfroInfo OP t1_j565ae8 wrote

Then there's countries so far to the top right that you don't realize are a part of the graph

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