I commented: >Canada a full democracy? Did you see how Trudeau and MSM in Canada (and the US) treated the protesting truckers?? and the United States isn't even a democracy, it's been described as a republic but it's more like a kleptocracy / corporatocracy. The post is propaganda making countries like US and Canada out to be democracies when they have an authoritarian government (see govt backed big tech censorship or security state targeting socialists and civil rights leaders), low press freedom index, target whistleblowers, MSM that is basically state tv, black sites, guantanamo, militarization of the police / police state and prison industrial complex. See how many folks are in prison in the US. We have so many people in prison and homeless living under bridges, and look where the middle class has gone, people are in poverty living paycheck to paycheck and don't have money for a medical emergency. Both political parties are right wing anti worker pro war parties who put big money donors and special interests (including MIC) over the voters and average American. Both parties push anti third party propaganda (just like MSM who also pushes partisan propaganda to promote division and repel class solidarity) and work to undermine/subvert democracy to stop progressive candidates. It's convenient that the post paints enemies or non allies of the west and NATO as authoritarian regimes. It's neolib/neocon propaganda where any country they do not like is an authoritarian regime that needs changing, that is how the Hillary type dem crowd talk foreign policy. But forgot the bit about dems blocking 3rd parties on the ballot / getting them kicked off. To this thread; https://np.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/10rm8h6/the_economist_has_released_their_2023_decomocracy I noticed my post from earlier was not showing up. I messaged the mods, 15 minutes goes by and no reply. I know, large sub, but has a lot of mods. I reposted my comment saying I had my previous reply removed without explanation. 1 minute later my new comment was removed and I got a temp ban reason 'counter moderation.' I messaged the mods with: >Counter moderation? You removed a post without explanation and gave no explanation when asked. Was the ban for inquiring as to why it was removed without explanation?? Arbitrarily removing posts based on 1) targeted report abuse 2) personal political bias, is shameful moderation. Another sub ruined by authoritarian mods who want to shut down open debate. They replied within 2 minutes with: >Yes, counter moderation. You knew something had been removed and instead of waiting for an answer as to why it was removed, you opted to post the removed content again. Hence the temporary ban. So they took quick action and replied to me fast now but couldn't be bothered to reply to my inquiry over a removal. My guess is they were either looking for a rule to cover the post removal after the fact or they were never planning on giving me an explanation. Either way, I said fuck it because I see far worse posts still up and this reeked of mods either giving into report abuse or they were arbitrarily removing the post because they just disagree with the sentiment and don't want open debate. I said I can't wait for Reddit leaks to drop so everyone can see how these authoritarian scumbag mods operate and was quickly muted and the temp ban turned to a permanent one.