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Lower cognitive functions correlate with support for autoritharian leaders.
Alcohol abuse correlate with lower cognitive functions.
Being Russian correlate with alcohol abuse.
Conclusion: Vodka causes the dictator-mania of Russia.
'Fun' fact! This stems in large part from the Russian Tsars making liquor a state monopoly in the late 19th century, ostensibly to control liquor consumption...
... but by making it a state monopoly, the Imperial Russian government found out it was profitable to sell as much of it as possible.