World Freedom Atlas

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polluxrees rated 19 months agogeography, politics, rights, liberty, freedom

This is a brilliant interactive flash-site, the map indicates in colour-code how free a population is in comparison to other countries, graded by political and human rights of all kinds. Truly awesome. Props to the discoverer.

danzbar rated 20 months agogeography

A good resource: a map which rates various aspects of life in countries around the world. At the time of this writing, they do not cites sources however. So it is of limited use.

Quod rated 20 months agogeography

I thought this was a lot of fun to play around with. Doesn't really say much (at least the map itself doesn't....about reality but still interesting for a general visual representation of world freedoms.)

asmodeus54 rated 20 months agogeography

Political geography data across the globe.

medog rated 21 months ago

what a weak analysis... if you're in the west you're free... it even considered Russia to be a pretty democratic nation.. uhm, wake up and smell the coffee!!!

brettjor rated 21 months agogeography

The idea is great, visualizations are a wonderful way to show information. The lack of information, the difficulty in knowing exactly what the legend is showing you, and having bold colors represent something good in one map and something bad in another make it frustrating. Korzybski's, "the map is not the teritory" is very apt here. The map is only visualizing the data, but if I can't then go see the data, understand how it was collected, and form my own opinions about it, then I can't really use the information. I understand that most ofd us look at the map only, call it good, and move on, but when you want to understand it, you have to give more. It's kinda like me saying, Norway kicks butt. If you don't know why I came up with that, it really doesn't mean anything.

stumbledvd rated 21 months agogeography, politics, maps

Excellent site with an atlas with stats regarding freedom in each country.

nicklinn reviewed 21 months agogeography

@Monkshovel: The map graphs data by some 30 NGOs, many of them including the World Bank and Freedom House are of US origin and are very "Pro-US". There is no original Data there.

@Greenchair: There is a heck of a lot more to freedom then taxes. Of course if taxes are all that matter to you, you could always hold up a bank and live in tax free paradise for 5-10. Besides Canada's income taxes are lower then the US for all but the lowest braket:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/individuals/faq/taxrates-e.html
v.s.
http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_brackets.htm
But please don't let facts get in the way of your rant.