I mean, are we actually seeing that though?

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In the 30s, 40s, and 50s most countries in the world seemed to be, or just were, becoming full blown dictatorships, with democracies even having their leaders ousted in order to create dictatorships by other fascist and communist states. Additionally, government corruption has, in most parts of the world, massively chilled compared to where it was in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, thanks in large part to many major countries having leadership with strong anti-corruption sentiments. There are still dictators and definitely still corruption, but I don't think I would accuse any of that as being "on the rise", in fact, most dictatorships today are on the back foot compared to where they were forty odd years ago as global populations become more educated and willing to oppose governmental suppression.