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    24 hours ago

    My ass is apparently a well respected scientific ranking with a published methodology.

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      23 hours ago

      Sounds like your ass is in lockstep with the US state department

      Actual source: The Economist, a journal that speaks for British millionaires.

      The Economist also at one point argued that Confederate victory would result in abolition faster than a Union victory. But don’t worry they totally supported abolition they were just really worried that it wouldn’t get done fast enough.

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        23 hours ago

        Bring your own favorite democracy index then. There are a couple of others.

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          I don’t need some stats to point out that it’s an apartheid settler state. You were bringing up the stats to deflect from criticism. Having the trappings of votes and parliament doesn’t change the material reality.

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            Palestinians under PA or Hamas’ Gaza don’t even get trappings of elections.