It's not a fallacy if you have a causal mechanism. I think it's fairly well-evidenced by history that there are many mechanisms by which states 'backslide' int

It's not a fallacy if you have a causal mechanism. I think it's fairly well-evidenced by history that there are many mechanisms by which states 'backslide' into abuse (indeed, that's the term used today). Human rights are an invention of liberal states, hard won, against state power -- why have any at all?