Agree, but let me add some nuance. They will take authoritarianism so long it puts them in charge. They wouldn't accept a Democratic authoritarian for e.g.. This is more of a primeval reaction. Their enemy's enemy is their friend.
Agree, but let me add some nuance. They will take authoritarianism so long it puts them in charge. They wouldn't accept a Democratic authoritarian for e.g.. This is more of a primeval reaction. Their enemy's enemy is their friend.
I've seen some head-spinning contradiction on this point: demanding more tolerance of "heterodox" views (i.e. the ones they agree with), but bashing the "liberalism" that tolerates views they dislike and that allows people to choose their own religion, or none.
Agree, but let me add some nuance. They will take authoritarianism so long it puts them in charge. They wouldn't accept a Democratic authoritarian for e.g.. This is more of a primeval reaction. Their enemy's enemy is their friend.
I've seen some head-spinning contradiction on this point: demanding more tolerance of "heterodox" views (i.e. the ones they agree with), but bashing the "liberalism" that tolerates views they dislike and that allows people to choose their own religion, or none.