Far‑right longevity via abandoning promises

A practical path to durable far‑right government is not perpetual escalation but strategic moderation: campaign on disruptive ideas to win attention and seats, then retreat from the most destabilizing commitments while consolidating power through electoral rules and coalition management. Over time this pattern normalizes formerly radical parties and reduces the space for viable opposition, even without sweeping policy change. — This reframes debates about far‑right governance from ideological threat‑spotting to institutional accommodation: durability can come from moderation and institutional engineering rather than programmatic success, with implications for how democracies respond.