Is democracy incrementally dying ?

This is question about worldwide politics. By democracy, I don't just mean voting; I mean independence of media, judiciary and the right to dissent etc. The most extreme examples of this happening are in Poland, Hungary, Turkey and Venezuela. Even in the West we have the NSA and GCHQ overriding privacy rights (with dangerous potential) in the name of security. The Euro-zone imposes economic policy on Greece by specifically saying that money and supranational agreements by previous governments count more than democratic autonomy.

This Paul Mason article is interesting:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/31/democracy-dying-people-worried-putin-erdogan-trump-world

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Northwest · M

[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.