My commment: It makes sense that HowBad/HowFixable are the key graphing metrics. Notably, both US and Sweden make the "worst" cut. Canada bit better ... for now. But I note that once you are high in HowBad it is just a matter of time before you move either up or down in HowFixable. Once you are "not fixable" I expect it is very very hard for that to change as attempts at compromise, understandably, stop: If one or both is recognized as a CON, there is no point in further talking.
In other news: India displaced China as the most populous country just about a month ago. India is expected to grow, as China shrinks in population, and retain this highest population position for 2-3 decades as world population goes to 10+ billion. As India has low polarization and nowhere near the authoritarianism of China, it might be a good place to be??? Who would have thought I would ever say THAT! I probably wouldn't say it except that as India also has (a) nuclear weapons (b) LOTS of brilliant people (along with Chinese, perhaps the highest average IQ on the planet - Indians are WAY beyond the average American) I think China would be foolish to fight with them.
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/polarization-across-28-countries/
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina
๐จ๐ด Colombia
๐บ๐ธ United States
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ช๐ธ Spain
๐ธ๐ช Sweden
In the report, Edelman identifies four metrics to watch for and measure which help quantify polarization.
-Economic Anxieties Will my family be better off in five years?
-Institutional Imbalance Government is viewed as unethical and incompetent.
-Class Divide People with higher incomes have a higher trust in institutions.
-Battle for Truth Echo chambers, and a low trust in media.
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