Meanwhile, 44 percent backed the American tradition of competing branches of government as a model, if sometimes ā€œfrustrating,ā€ system.

Why would people want to live under an authoritarianā€™s thumb? Itā€™s rooted, experts say, in a psychological need for securityā€”real or perceivedā€”and a desire for conformity, a goal that becomes even more acute as the country undergoes dramatic demographic and social changes. People also like to obey a strong leader who will protect the groupā€”especially if it is the ā€œrightā€ group whose interests will be protected. Recall the Trump supporter who, during the 2019 government shutdown, complained, ā€œHeā€™s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.ā€

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    4 months ago

    Yeah, I like to call that the 10-80-10 principle. Thatā€™s why itā€™s so important to keep the arguments up for why we should vote Blue no matter who. 10% want to fuck everyone over. And theyā€™ve managed to convince another 22% that they are right. Weā€™re all screwed if we donā€™t get the 68% that arenā€™t assholes to vote Blue.