The only people who can be described as having revealed a preference for authoritarianism are the people who voted for Trump on the primary, when the alternative was a non- or anti-authoritarian Republican. Others might simply see authoritarianism as the lesser of two evils compared to a Democrat.
The only people who can be described as having revealed a preference for authoritarianism are the people who voted for Trump on the primary, when the alternative was a non- or anti-authoritarian Republican. Others might simply see authoritarianism as the lesser of two evils compared to a Democrat.
Instead of banging your head over such voters not getting that actually whatever wrong headed policy package the Democrat might advance is the lesser of two evils compared to authoritarianism, consider that a different voting system might make that preference irrelevant. If Democratic voters' preferences among Republicans would be counted, any nontrivial portion of Republicans opposing authoritarianism would combine with Democrats' preferences for anti-authoritarian Republicans over authoritarian Republicans to ensure that no authoritarian would ever win.
The only people who can be described as having revealed a preference for authoritarianism are the people who voted for Trump on the primary, when the alternative was a non- or anti-authoritarian Republican. Others might simply see authoritarianism as the lesser of two evils compared to a Democrat.
Instead of banging your head over such voters not getting that actually whatever wrong headed policy package the Democrat might advance is the lesser of two evils compared to authoritarianism, consider that a different voting system might make that preference irrelevant. If Democratic voters' preferences among Republicans would be counted, any nontrivial portion of Republicans opposing authoritarianism would combine with Democrats' preferences for anti-authoritarian Republicans over authoritarian Republicans to ensure that no authoritarian would ever win.