Έχει μπει η Ελλάδα σε πορεία #αυταρχικοποίησης; Ας δούμε τι λέει η τελευταία έκθεση του ινστιτούτου @vdeminstitute που εκδίδει έναν από τους πιο έγκυρους δείκτες δημοκρατίας σε ετήσια βάση. v-dem.net/publications/d… 1/
Από τις πρώτες σελίδες, όπου συνοψίζονται τα κύρια ρήματα, η Ελλάδα ξεχωρίζει ανάμεσα στις δημοκρατίες με την πιο έντονη #αυταρχική ροπή (major autocratizers) μαζί με Αρμενία&Μαυρίκιο. Σημειώνεται χαρακτηριστικά ότι στις χώρες αυτές η δημοκρατία βρίσκεται σε απότομη υποχώρηση. 2/
Αυτό που ανιχνεύει το @vdeminstitute είναι η κατεύθυνση των πραγμάτων. Η Ελλάδα υποβαθμίζεται σε εκλογική δημοκρατία (από πλήρη φιλελεύθερη δημοκρατία) με έντονη ροπή προς την #αυταρχικοποίηση. Δεν συνιστά, δηλαδή, #αυταρχικό καθεστώς, αλλά βρίσκεται σε μια ανησηχυτική πορεία. 3/
Στην Ελλάδα αφιερώνεται ένα από τα πολύ λίγα ολοσέλιδα της έκθεσης, όπου τονίζονται οι βασικές πτυχές της δημοκρατικής υποχώρησης: υπονόμευση των θεσμικών αντίβαρων στην εκτελεστική εξουσία, αποδυνάμωση της κοινοβουλευτικής & δικαστικής ελεγκτικής εξουσίας... 4/
... υποχώρηση της ελευθερίας της έκφρασης, του τύπου, των ακαδημαϊκών ελευθεριών, υπερ-συγκέντρωση εξουσιών στο εκτελεστικό επίπεδο & στον ίδιο τον πρωθυπουργό. Όλοι οι σημαντικοί "δείκτες υγείας" μιας δημοκρατίας μοιάζουν να βρίσκονται σε υποχώρηση. 5/
Είναι τόσο απότομη η #δημοκρατική_υποχώρηση#αυταρχικοποίηση) της #Ελλάδας, που σε ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο συγκρίνεται μόνο τις περιπτώσεις της #Σερβίας & της #Ουγγαρίας (που δεν θεωρούνται πλέον δημοκρατίες) & της #Πολωνίας (που οριακά θεωρείται εκλογική δημοκρατία). 6/
Θεωρείται, δε, η #Ελλάδα ανάμεσα στις 10 χώρες με την πιο έντονη #αυταρχικοποίηση μέσα στα τελευταία 3 χρόνια. Με άλλα λόγια, η δημοκρατική υποχώρηση της χώρας είναι συγκριτικά αξιοσημείωτη σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο, αλλά και σαφώς οριοθετημένη χρονικά. 7/
Κλείνω το θρεντ εδώ ως μία πρώτη καταγραφή/σύνοψη των σχετικών ευρημάτων. Η έκθεση αυτή αξίζει να διαβαστεί & να προβληματίσει. Ιδιαίτερα εν όψει εκλογών. END/
Υ.Γ. Και επειδή δεν είμαι ακόμα εντελώς σίγουρος για την απόδοση του autocratization στα ελληνικά, ας μας πει & ο ειδικός @nikosarantakos ή όποιος/α άλλος/η φίλος/η φιλόλογος αν ακούγεται δόκιμο.

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