Meanwhile, 44 percent backed the American tradition of competing branches of government as a model, if sometimes āfrustrating,ā system.
Why would people want to live under an authoritarianās thumb? Itās rooted, experts say, in a psychological need for securityāreal or perceivedāand 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 groupāespecially if it is the ārightā group whose interests will be protected. Recall the Trump supporter who, during the 2019 government shutdown, complained, āHeās not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.ā
Yeah, I like to call that the 10-80-10 principle. Thatās why itās so important to keep the arguments up for why we should vote Blue no matter who. 10% want to fuck everyone over. And theyāve managed to convince another 22% that they are right. Weāre all screwed if we donāt get the 68% that arenāt assholes to vote Blue.
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I believe itās conditional on the only other option being actual fascism.