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It might help to recall that the history of democracy fatigue is as old as democracy itself: In 1787, Benjamin Franklin predicted that the American republic would soon end in despotism, "when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." To describe this combination - a regime with popular support and participation that was eroding the constitutional and legal structures of good government - I coined the term "illiberal democracy." For 15 consecutive years, Freedom House's annual tally has recorded a decline in the number of democracies worldwide. [Extracted from the article]