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Letters: Democracy and fascism, border exemptions and the Cook Islands bubble
19 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
9 minutes to read
The United States of America was a flawed democracy before President Donald Trump took office. Photo / Evan Vucci, AP, File
The United States of America was a flawed democracy before President Donald Trump took office. Photo / Evan Vucci, AP, File
NZ Herald
Not all equal
Correspondent Craig Clark (NZ Herald, January 18) has commented on how even though the US is a democracy, that it almost ended up with a dictator called Donald Trump.
However, he seems to be assuming all democracies enjoy the same level of democracy. There are 75 democracies in the world, but only 22 of them are classified as full democracies and the US is not included as a full democracy.