Episode Details

Forget the dramatic scenes of tanks rolling into city squares or sudden military coups. Today, democracy usually dies in the courtroom, the parliament, and the press room, not on the battlefield. We are talking about the mechanics of erosion—a process known as democratic backsliding. Aspiring dictators no longer need to break the law; they simply rewrite it to their advantage. They use something called autocratic legalism, where they exploit existing democratic frameworks to dismantle the very checks and balances meant to restrain them. It is a slow, methodical game of executive aggrandizement. Leaders systematically strip power away from the judiciary and the legislature, making themselves the sole arbiter of what is right and wrong. They do this while keeping the facade of an election, making it feel perfectly legal to the average voter. But how do they get away with it? It starts by creating a loyal base through majoritarian identity politics.

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