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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SW-User

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.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@SW-User Thank you for sharing. I agree with you and extend my sympathy.