There was a panic ~2016 about populist leaders ignoring democratic norms and imposing their own rules in spite of constitutions and other controls. And there ha

There was a panic ~2016 about populist leaders ignoring democratic norms and imposing their own rules in spite of constitutions and other controls. And there had been some limited forays into that - Orban for example. It feels to me now that the retaliation was way worse than the initial concern, ie the populist strongmen largely stayed within norms but we've since had authoritarian pushes from their political opponents, like this one, that are completely undemocratic but "justified" because they belive they're on the side of good. It won't end well.