The Fight to Achieve Global Democracy

Over the years, the state of global democracy has declined and resulted in a crisis. Therefore, more countries are moving toward alternative leadership styles due to the enhanced fragility of democracy, resulting from factors such as political trust threatening its foundation.

Democracy aims at empowering people's voices regarding their country's leadership and governance. However, many factors have threatened the existence of the democratic foundation. These include; trust in politicians and institutions, where increased inequality for women, older adults, and minorities has contributed to growing skepticism (Bachelet, 2022); interest in politics, which is associated with misinformation and false promises that make people feel left out when they are not met (Bachelet, 2022); and poor voter turn out, where over the years citizens have lost faith in the power of democracy hence find their voter impact irrelevant. Leaders tend to manipulate their roles and responsibilities into selfish acts yet blame the outcomes on the failure of democracy and human rights (Bachelet, 2022). These factors lead to the fragility of people’s democracy, slowly chipping off on human rights. This has resulted in a democracy crisis where restrictions have been set up in avenues such as free expression, federal space, and media privilege, considered essential for promoting democracy. The democratic crisis is evident in protests by people seeking effective social and economic systems that work for everyone (Bachelet, 2022). Positive political interest has been undermined by the democratic crisis, where attention is only drawn to negative cases from politicians. Therefore, to counter the crisis, people should advocate for their democratic rights to enable active participation in the country's governance.

 The enhanced fragility of democracy results from factors such as political mistrust and reduced interest, which has threatened its foundation. This has led to a global representative democracy crisis evident through decreased voter turnout and protests seeking improved economic and social systems.

References

Bachelet, M. (2022, August). Crisis and fragility of democracy in the world. Office Of The High Commissioner For Human Rights. https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2022/08/crisis-and-fragility-democracy-world.