As we started the tour, we were presented with a sort of “hall of fame”-wall with famous quotes from famous people. You could see several meaningful bits of text written or spoken by meaningful people - some more known than others.
The other part of the tour consisted mostly of the world’s democratic values. We were shown a heat map which provided information about how democrazy is spread troughout the world. Some parts of the world still has mainly autocrazy ways of steering, where there is nothing but one party which leads the entire country. A few examples is North Korea and China, whereas there is few or none ways for people to vote or participate in political conflicts and debates.
Raging on the top, Norway along with the other scandinavian countries and Canada are some of the most democratic countries in the world. With open, free elections and very few restrictions of free speech, Norway stands proudly as a fully developed democratic state.
The last thing we were shown was a video about Edward Snowden; a man widely recognized as a major whistleblower for the NSA. This stately owned corporation have for several years done surveillance at U.S. citizens without their acceptance. Therefore, this discovery has been highly controversial in the media all over the globe. This also inflicted on the US international relationships, as Snowden had proof that the US did surveillance at the German rikskansler.
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