• MxM111@kbin.social
        13·
        9 months ago

        To be more precise, democratic capitalism. Just capitalism is economic system, has nothing to do with social issues.

        And I will argue yes, democratic capitalism has something to do, because it is in these countries LGPT has the most rights.

        • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          You’re claiming that economic systems have no impact on social issues?

          And you’re sure that a position of global dominance due to sitting atop the global neo-colonial system has nothing to do with it?

          Does India count as a Capitalist Democracy for this? What about Malaysia, or Indonesia, or Nigeria, or Kenya?

          Edit: Poland, Romania, Italy?

            • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              OK, so we’re calling 6 or 7 the cut off then? Or is the status of democracy limited to Scandinavia and New Zealand?

                • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  We agree on that.

                  Can you see how culture correlates much better with LGBT rights than how high a nation gets on that democracy index, though?

                  • MxM111@kbin.social
                    1·
                    9 months ago

                    I do not know how to measure culture, but the democracy index strongly correlates with LGBT rights. This is why I stated that democratic capitalism is one of the reasons. More over democratic capitalism does not mean capitalism with democratic elections. There should be democratic culture across the population, respect for minorities, for example, democratic institutions, such as independent courts and so on. Otherwise majority can just vote for the dictator into power with honest democratic elections. That would not be democracy, but the dictatorship of majority.