Reflecting on the Tsai Administration’s Erosion of Democratic Values: Concerns from Two Harvard Professors

This article draws on scholar Yeh Kuang-shih's concerns regarding the Tsai administration's undermining of democratic principles, citing the theories of Harvard political science professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. The professors emphasize that the maintenance of democracy relies on two extra-legal norms: Mutual Toleration and Forbearance. The author questions whether the Tsai government, with its total control of the legislature, has destroyed these norms through actions such as the repetitive amendments to the Labor Standards Act, interference in academic freedom (the Kuan Chung-ming case), and the legal hounding of political opponents.