When norm violations go unpunished and then normalized, institutional guardrails fail quietly, making later abuses of power appear lawful, inevitable, and even justified.
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Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt argue, democracies often decay not through coups or constitutional rupture but through the steady normalization of norm violations, which hollow out institutions while preserving their formal appearance.
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Norm erosion refers to the gradual breakdown of informal democratic norms—such as mutual toleration, institutional forbearance, and respect for unwritten rules—that constrain political actors beyond formal law.
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I have a very busy Saturday ahead of me: protest at noon, Defcon (Industrial Goth event) at night. I have the outfits figured but still have to make my signage. Feel free to say hi if you see me marching!
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