When violence becomes the default response to any crisis. It signals a complete erosion of an institutional approach and collapse of that natural order. The repeated use of force to resolve political disputes is not a sign of political strength but of political failure.
Many crises that societies experience might appear completely specific or limited, but they are often the byproduct of decades long democratic backsliding.
One sign of such decay would be the absence of political actors from political scenes. This is a reflection of a failing