The perversion of democracy has advanced somuch that it has become a caricature of itself.Many of the features associated with authoritarian regimes—nepotism and corruption, major inequalities and abuses of human rights, as well as the provision of a havenfor war profiteersand business criminals—are also associated with officially-labeled democratic environments. Even though democracy is superior to other regimes in terms of “self-correction” as prompted by the principles of “evaluation, political competition, and freedom of expression,” democracies have regularly trapped themselves in policies that expose bigotryanddouble standards. For example, while the West (the US, in particular) supported non-democratic regimes in its fight against Communism during the Cold War, the EU’s involvement in the Arab Spring has opened questions about whether it has eventually assisted authoritarian instead of democratic rule. Therefore, it seemsperfectly fine that the controversial FIFA awardsthe hosting of the World Cup to both democratic and authoritarian regimes, or that theNorwegian Nobel Committee repeatedly awards the Peace Prize to individuals or supranational entities with dubious performance vis-à-vis democratic postulates.
AI between Democracy and Authoritarianism
