I believe the article makes a fundamental mistake with its inferred description of democracy. In a healthy democratic system there is not just one single central authority to which all democracy has to be driven. A healthy democracy has many layers and overlapping institutions, most/all of which are democratic in nature.
Thus, decisions to make things "more democratic" don't necessarily lead to giving more and more authority to "the government".
Thus, decisions to make things "more democratic" don't necessarily lead to giving more and more authority to "the government".