[honeybadger1]

there is a controlled effort for this type of apparatus to exist everywhere

[integricho]

Suddenly all leaders are wannabe autocrats, even the great western democratic ones, they just like to pretend about still caring about democracy.

[Havoc]

It’s not particularly sudden - we in the west just perceive it as such thanks to recent drama. Majority of the world population wasn’t living in a democracy for a while now (not even sure it ever has)

[noarchy]

You could argue that some of them aren't bothering to pretend at this point.