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MaterialActive t1_j7sp6pg wrote

Reply to comment by Al-Pharazon in [OC] The EIU’s Democracy Index has released scores for countries in 2022, this is a map showing the change in score since 2021. by Flagmaker123

In 2021 - 2022?

Well, elections ran in 2021, and they were... not fair, but somewhat less unfair. Indeed, the opposition even won some governorships! That's not to say that Venezuela is a full democracy now or something, but it certainly makes sense that it would move away from authoritarian / move towards democratic.

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MaterialActive t1_j74tm54 wrote

Reply to comment by kstinfo in Taliban arrests Afghan professor who backed girls education by CommanderMcBragg

The problem is that a negative right of a "freedom to leave", even if implemented, does nothing to solve the problem. In a repressive society, where are women going to get the money for a plane ticket out, or whatever other means they will use to leave? Moreover, such societies are likely to become more, not less, wiling to allow bank accounts to women if a negative freedom to leave was somehow enforced. After all, if financial freedom means leaving, then it becomes impossible for the state to survive it.

Unless we're also buying people the tickets out, I don't see how this helps. (If we are buying people the tickets out, I think it would help, although the creation and implementation of such a positive right would be fundamentally a new thing in an IR context.)

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