There are a lot of good discussions of this process.

LMR Alex Cooley's @jodemocracy.bsky.social article from 2015, Countering Democratic Norms, which discusses the broader tactics pioneered by authoritarian regimes during an era of liberal hegemony. PDF: https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Cooley-26-3.pdf