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		anshumankmr on Dec 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter Acco... As opposed to several years of literal dictatorship in Pakistan? Sure, Imran Khan has been legitimately elected but Pakistan has been far far worse at democracy than other South Asian countries. https://freedomhouse.org/country/pakistan/freedom-world/2021 https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-world/2021

asadm on Dec 12, 2021 [–]

I mean, I didn’t claim it to be a (largest) democracy =D

anshumankmr on Dec 12, 2021 | [–]

Of course, it is by the metric of population, yes. By the metric of democratic freedoms, nope.

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