The biggest electoral year in history: Will democracy survive 2024? | DW News
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Published 2024-02-03
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Chapters:
00:00 A battle of the system: Democratization once seemed unstoppable — but now authoritarianism is on the rise. Will 2024 be the year democracy gets a vote of confidence, or eats itself alive?
02:08 The world votes: How does democracy work?
03:30 Taiwan: A win for democracy? A split vote in Taiwan won’t ease geopolitical pressure, but the elections themselves are part of the systemic struggle between autocracy and democracy.
05:17 India: Is majority rule enough? Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to secure a third term in office. But amid accusations of discrimination toward minorities, is gaining majority support good enough for good democracy?
11:30 Can South Africa revive its democratic dream? 2024 marks thirty years since the end of the racist apartheid regime in South Africa. Amid falling turnout and voter frustration, can a push to rejuvenate South African democracy work?
15:15 Mexico: Change for good? Mexico is set to get its first woman president in 2024. But amid allegations of backsliding under the outdoing leader, will this change help turn things around?
19:24 Will European democracy vote itself out of office? Hundreds of millions are eligible to vote in EU elections, but with the far right expected to make gains, will the bloc’s democracy be hamstrung by populist interests?
24:25 Will the US resign from democracy’s top job? Donald Trump is expected to make a comeback in the 2024 presidential race. Could a possible return imperil the future of democracy in the US and beyond?
29:35 Will democracy survive? Democracy stands on shaky ground in 2024. Is it still the right system for the challenges of this century?
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All Comments (21)
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DW quietly skipped Pakistan because they know it's not a democracy. 🤣🤣
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In a nutshell: if you don't elect my way, you are not electing. If democracy results are not what I expected, it is not democracy.
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The video flew over most commentators heads. Its not about merely choosing the leaders of your choice. It's about choosing leaders who take away your choices.
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8:05 Wrong information @DWNews India adopted the word Secularism in 1976 into the Indian Constitution.
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So, the biggest threat to democracy is democracy. Is that about right?
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India has had 75 years of peaceful power transitions. Just because Modi is loved by a sizeable population doesn’t make it “democratic backsliding”. There’s a right wing wave across the world. It’s no different in India.
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I know Indian constitution in 1956 didn't adopt secularism, it was ammended in emergency by Indira Gandhi in 1976, not in 1947. Please checks the fact.
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If missing a point was a sport we would be gold medalist ☹️
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I am a Jain who are less than 1% in India and I have never in my life felt any threat in this country ever
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Foreign media's take on India's democracy is as insightful as reading a restaurant menu in a language you don't understand – lots of opinions, but zero comprehension
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5:23 incorrect map
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TLDR "If the corporations and bureaucrats don't get what they want then democracy is dead"
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I thought the BBC was biased...
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In India's case, the problem here is the opposition is only focused on stripping the BJP and Mr. Modi from the power and they'll do anything for that . The opposition alliance can't even decide their Candidate for PM, they are fighting over seat sharing . We have no hopes from the opposition For a strong democracy, we also need a strong opposition which clearly Congress lacks
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“[The US] is the country in the world that stands for democracy more than anyone”. LMAO, let’s see what the whole of Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia have to say about that sentence.
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How can one believe that your reporting is unbiased?
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Is this channel independent?? No
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Democracy is, was, and will always be tested like never before… Because the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
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"This makes elections more than a popularity contest".... if only the voters would be smart enough to realize the difference
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I’m a Jain living in India, we are a community that is actually a minority and we don’t feel threatened at all. Why is it that this one special minority is given so much importance and seems to be threatened? What a joke as always , you guys truly are against Indian progress.
