democracies are increasingly

Liberal democracies are increasingly less likely to collapse due to coups d’états or blatant electoral fraud. More frequently, they are underminedby state-led erosion of their institutions and electoral manipulation. Hungary under Orban serves as the paradigmatic example of this type of modern democratic erosion. Since 2010, Hungary has experienced a gradual but severe democratic decline driven by these initially democratically elected officials, who expanded their grip on power while upholding the façade of democracy ufabet