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A form of authoritarianism that operates within Western democracies not through overt dictatorships but through the erosion of democratic norms, institutions, and civil liberties, often justified by appeals to “security,” “efficiency,” or “emergency powers.” Unlike classical authoritarianism, it maintains the façade of elections, courts, and free press while hollowing them out. Its logic is that “our” restrictions are temporary or necessary, whereas “their” restrictions are proof of barbarism. Western political authoritarianism is the slow suffocation of democracy by the very instruments meant to protect it.
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