Autocratic countries are increasing

A sociopolitical analysis regarding autocracy vs democracy in the world is published by  V-Dem Institute in Sweden as Democracy Report 2025. 

https://www.v-dem.net/documents/60/V-dem-dr__2025_lowres.pdf

It urges us to confront daunting reality of autocracy arisen and investigate by what cause it is brought about every where in the world.

The summary of the report says;

The number of autocracy countries is increasing. It is 91 while the number of democracy countries is 88.

Liberal democracy, the least common regime type in the world, is present only in 29 countries. Approximatly 72% of people live in autocratic countries, highest ever since 1978.

Loss of freedom of expression is worsened in 44 coutries, elections are corrupted in 25 countries, freedom of association is lost in 22 countries and rule of law is diminished in 18 countries. These changes tell how autocratization is being increased in the world.

So far as I understand, this tendency toward autocratization is due to or, at least, accompanied with the rise of far right in politics. The far right often insist of anti scientific views such as anti-vaxxer, neglect of the so called authority based on unintelligence and affinity to cults.  They also won't hesitate making lies.  

There are a lot of examples of such far right wing in the world. In our country, the main faction of  ruling LDPJ has insidiously turned to far right long time ago. Even some of the opposition parties have emerged as far right. They are trying to return to the regime of imperialism before WWII. A few European countries have such far right parties as well. Some of them are involved in the administration. Of course, the Trump administration is apparently another with imperialistic ambition they dare not hesitate hiding. A lot of executive orders the President has signed seem unreasonable. Undocumented  immigrants or those with legal visa with view of anti-semitism or against the government have been arrested and deported overseas, which seems to violate the constitution in the US. 

This change in sociopolitics in the world won't seem to be only a temporary phenomenon but would last to devastation. As Pope Francis wisely indicated in adhortatio apotolica in 2013, I believe, it is due to the greedy capitalism and the economic disparity as its consequence in the world. Without its reformation, the world would become a real chaos soon. What an irony it is that those exploited by the greedy capitalism are supporting the autocratic politicians who show up with populistic propaganda.