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.. backsliding entail the debilitation of democratic institutions from within. These subtle forms are especially effective when they are legitimized through the very institutions that people expect to protect democratic values.[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding

Another term from long ago was "rubberized institutions" that
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