Having studied democratic and rule of law backsliding for quite some time, one of the recurrent features I have encountered at start of process is a misplaced faith in one’s country’s resilience + a misplaced sense of “they can’t do this so they won’t”
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Mark Copelovitch
Again, I don't know what people are seeing that makes them so sure that future elections are going to be free, fair, or competitive. They're following all the plays in the competitive authoritarian playbook to make sure that they will not be.
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