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
āSusan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either directionā āKurt Vonnegut
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.
Hereās the problem with your partisanship. If you give a party your unconditional support, then they have no reason to cater to your needs. All they have to do is just to be slightly better than the alternative. Which is exactly the current situation and which is also exactly what makes the Democratic party today so unattractive. For the independent electorate itās feels as though they are being coerced into voting Democrat. Thatās not good for anyone.
I believe itās conditional on the only other option being actual fascism.
Ah yes a bell curve