Democratic backsliding, also known as autocratization and de-democratization, is a gradual decline in the quality of democracy and the reverse of democratization, which may result in the state losing its democratic qualities and becoming an autocracy or authoritarian regime.
Democratic backsliding occurs when essential components of democracy are threatened. Examples of democratic backsliding include:
Free and fair elections are degraded;
Liberal rights of freedom of speech, press and association decline, impairing the ability of the political opposition to challenge the government, hold it to account, and propose alternatives to the current regime;
The rule of law (i.e., judicial and bureaucratic restraints on the government) is weakened, such as when the independence of the judiciary is threatened, or when civil service tenure protections are weakened or eliminated.
The government manufactures or overemphasizes a national security threat to create "a sense of crisis" that allows the government "to malign critics as weak-willed or unpatriotic" and to depict defenders of democratic institutions "as representatives of a tired, insulated elite." - Wiki
Think carefully about how much you're willing to give up. The same tactics that are used against the other team can be used against you and me at any time.