re: Authoritarian Voting Tendencies

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Thanks for the links. It's a real concern. The younger one is the less likely one is to say that living in a democracy is essential ( LINK). These attitude changes have been seen in other countries where "democratic deconsolidation" has occurred with degradation of democratic processes, failures in rule of law, free speech & press, rights of dissidents, etc. Trump is a symptom of devaluation of traditional democratic norms and a preference of some for authoritarians.

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Thank you for your eloquent response. From and end game or Longview sort of goal I feel like the rise of authoritarian opinion and support of trump is actually something that can help the Progressive Movement, which got out of control towards the end of the Obama presidency.

I truly believe that the pendulum swings back and forth up a staircase and human evolution. In this case, I believe that progressives wanted a movement that was progressing too quickly to consider all of society and the backlash was one that was equal in response, considering only certain members of society.

I'm actually concerned that this authoritarian swing will start become incredibly prevalent on both sides of the aisle.

For those familiar with how to destroy Society, from USSR propaganda, this is starting to look eerily like that