We’ve long known that democracies rarely fall in a single blow. They erode in increments — through the slow surrender of institutions and the normalization of power unchecked. Step 3 in the march toward autocracy is the most effective: capture of the very institutions meant to restrain power. When courts, legislatures, and agencies stop saying “no,” the…
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