"They" don't believe in democracy anyway, they like to make people think they believe in democracy, but really they're like any other despots around the world.
I think they absolutely do. The more serious question is, do the general public realise?
considering their other actions (including requiring voter ID despite very few cases of voter fraud in the last election - a move which just so happens to favour older voters (who are more likely to vote for the tories) and which harms younger voters (who are more likely to go elsewhere)), I think they do
It’s a feature, not a bug - Them, probably
I'm sure the oligarchs in charge are fully aware.
It seems that “government” the noun, tends toward autocracy and that democracy is a curious detour that is fun while it perseveres but it looks like many governments are tending less democratic. We’re not seeing this only in despotic systems or right wing or left wing, all of them are becoming more authoritarian. France, Canada, the US as well as the usual suspects.
An exhaustive list of leftists who care about democracy: