Death by a Thousand Procedural Motions

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · Jun 2, 2026 · 32m

When Israel's attorney general warned of democratic backsliding under Netanyahu, she was immediately attacked for saying so. But what does democratic backsliding actually mean—and how do you spot it before it's too late? This episode breaks down the Levitsky and Ziblatt framework, walks through the Israeli judicial overhaul, the Hungarian constitutional capture, and Poland's partial recovery, and asks whether the damage is reversible once institutions get hollowed out. From competitive authoritarianism to the ratchet effect, we trace the mechanism that makes democratic erosion so insidious…