We live in a plutocracy now, Marianne. Been like this for some time now, just gets worse. Democracy already failed. Corporate/billionaire fascism is here.
'Democracy' is just a word. What matter is how you practice it. Your so called 'democracy' is bombing civilians in other countries, stealing their oil.
Democracy means choice. Not perfection.
Autocracy means terror as a tool for repression.
However imperfect it is, democracy is a not a dead end street.
But the sound of autocracy is terrifying silence and slamming of prison doors.