Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the street in Belarus after the rigged presidential election confirmed a renewed presidential term for dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994.
BBC News: Belarus protests: 'We can breathe for the first time in our lives'
Six weeks ago I started a thread How GDP per capita can influence the stability of a democracy and I mentioned how Belarus was ripe for democracy.
I hope that the time has come for the Belarussian people to take their destiny in their own hands and transition to a fully democratic system.
BBC News: Belarus protests: 'We can breathe for the first time in our lives'
Six weeks ago I started a thread How GDP per capita can influence the stability of a democracy and I mentioned how Belarus was ripe for democracy.
Maciamo said:Democracy requires enough education, economic freedom and liberties in general to reach the orange meme. To assess this, I will look into the Education Index, Economic Freedom of the World Index and Human Freedom Index. This should give is a good idea of what countries are ready for a democratic transition.
In Europe, the best candidate appears to be Belarus, which has a GDP per capita at PPP of $21,000 (IMF 2020), higher than Argentina or Brazil. It ranks 26th worldwide for education, higher than Austria, Spain, Italy or Luxembourg. Its score of economic freedom is 6.64 out of 10 (better than Greece or South Africa). It scores 6.65 in Human Freedom, better than Turkey, Thailand or Brazil. Yet its democracy index is horrible (2.48/10, 150th worldwide, below Afghanistan and Sudan!).
I hope that the time has come for the Belarussian people to take their destiny in their own hands and transition to a fully democratic system.
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