Is democracy incrementally dying ?

We appear to be going through a global period similar to the 1930s, when autocrats like Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin were assuming power. The 1930s were marked by global depression, and the past ten years have been characterized by poor economic conditions for average citizens. The 1930s ended in world war. We shall see how far it goes this time.

[quote]independence of media, judiciary and the right to dissent etc[/quote]

I'm a history buff, and when I apply the context of time period/circumstances, I find that not much has changed when it comes to strategy, on these issues, since the birth of "democracy". Tactics may change, but that's a function of the time period/available technology.

Another thing to note, is that the "first world" may be experiencing a information overdose induced democracy hangover, but let's not forget that the majority of the world's population has not even been allowed to get to that level of cynicism.

Eventually, those who oppose globalism, but want pure democracy (not a representative democracy), will find that the only way to achieve the latter, is to accept and participate in the former.

Only direct democracy is true democracy. Parliamentary democracy the way we understand it now is a daughter of capitalism, based on trade, demand and supply. I give you my vote, you give me a certain way to organise society.

As a daughter of capitalism, democracy shows the main flaw of it, tendency to concentration to power. Oligopolies. With the turning of the decades, chances to the consumers/votes have been reduced to a conservatism and socialdemocracy. And, as it usually happens in oligopolies, the main difference between brands is not in the quality of the product but in packaging, and the way it is sold to the public


This process sped up since the fall of communism, and now it is especially blatant,more people are seeing it and realising that democracy is a lie. Now and then a certain product may fool people for a while (Trump), but that's all

Hungary is a wrong example. Unfortunately our government, and our governing party called fidesz (they call themselves young democrats, but they are old communists) captured our state. They stole everything. It's not about democracy, they have no principles, their every political movement is about filling their own pockets. (Just imagine, that our prime minister built a stadium next to his own house in his village from PUBLIC FUNDS.) They lie and stole, and this is because they have only one future: they have to keep the their position, because if they lose on the next election the public anger would kill them. What happened in this country in the last 7 years since they have the power, is disappointing. 500 thousand of Hungarians went abroad to work and live, because of the local conditions.

Democracy is a beautiful beautiful misused ideology...

I think Mason is pushing that way too far, in suggesting that it's a [i]concerted [/i]effort. There's no conspiracy here, it's just railroading time & the atmosphere is right.

Actually democracy is just that, just voting. And that is what is both right and wrong with it.