The hubris arc: how politicians turn into authoritarians

We need strong democratic institutions and autonomous courts: democracies survive not by finding perfect leaders but by constraining imperfect ones

What turns a democratically elected leader into an authoritarian? The process is rarely abrupt. It unfolds gradually and is often justified as a necessary reform. It is framed as what the people wanted. All this makes it difficult for citizens to recognise what is happening until it’s too late.

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