How can we accept this, I thought after the first day of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. How can it be that in 2024 we still have dictatorship in the world? How can it be allowed to exist? Because we live in a lie.
Nothing has done more to create human progress than democracy. There is nothing more important than achieving a fully democratic world as quickly as possible. Then even a grocer can make a difference.
Almost 9 out of 10 want democracy. But far fewer are satisfied with the democracy they live in. This is based on the fact that the democratic system we have is over 100 years old and needs to be updated.
85 percent of people globally believe that democracy is important in their country. The highest number so far.
"China will win the AI race!" was a commonly voiced fear until recently. But this has not been heard much since the release of ChatGPT. Once again, messy democracies were underestimated, and planned dictatorships were overestimated.
Democracy is important to the citizens of all 53 countries in the survey, both democracies and non-democracies.
The study analyzed data from over 160 countries over a period of 30 years and found no evidence of widespread democratic decline.
In 2021 the world spent over $2 trillion on military expenses. Over 2000 billion dollars! That is 2.1 percent of the world's gross domestic product, GDP. In a world at peace, that money could be used for science, lowering taxes, art, the environment β or whatever area you prioritize.
Millions of people living in the Horn of Africa are threatened by starvation. The root cause is not drought, conflict or war, but something else.